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Do you have a word like mogengeba of morgengifu? - Edit 1

Before modification by Vodalus at 01/12/2009 09:38:07 AM



Now I know the story (king falls in love with American divorcée; king abdicates when he is not allowed to marry her), but the term "morganatic marriage" was new to me. It sounds excellent. Actually, it sounds like it has some sinister link to Morgana Le Fay. But that may just be in my brain.


It would be cool if that were the etymology for the word. Alas, that's not the case. It's from the phrase matrimonium ad morganaticum, or "marriage of the morning" - as in the morning after.


The Norwegian word for "morning" is "morgen".

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