"Besides the dowry which was given before the marriage
ceremony had been performed, it was customary [among some of
the ancient German peoples] for the husband to make his wife a
present on the morning after the first night. This was called
the 'morgengabe,' or morning gift, the presenting of which,
where no previous ceremony had been observed, constituted a
particular kind of connexion called matrimonium morganaticam,
or 'morganatic marriage. As the liberality of the husband was
apt to be excessive, we find the amount limited by the
Langobardian laws to one fourth of the bridegroom's
substance."
_W. C. Perry,
The Franks,
chapter 10._
MORGARTEN, Battle or (1315).
See SWITZERLAND: THE THREE FOREST CANTONS.
MORINI, The.
See BELGÆ.