Móðir

Old Norse Dictionary - móðir

Meaning of Old Norse word "móðir" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

móðir Old Norse word can mean:

móðir: f., gen. dat. acc. móður; plur. in nom. and acc. mæðr (mœðr), gen. mæðra, dat. mæðrum. There is also a monosyll. form mæðr, indecl. throughout in the sing., and answering to feðr, föðr or bræðr (= faðir, bróðir); but these forms are unknown in mod. Icel., and are seldom used in the genuine old writers, being mostly found in legendary writers, who probably followed some provincial Norwegianism; thus passim in Stjórn, af mæðr konungsins, Stj. 82; mæðrinnar kvið, 80: [this word is common to all Teut. languages except Goth., which used aiþei = Icel. eiða (q. v.) instead]:—a mother; sonr á at taka arf eptir föður sinn ok móður, Grág. i. 171; föður-móðir, a father’s mother, 172; faðir ok móðir, id., in countless instances: as a nickname, konunga-móðir, Jarla-m., Fb. iii: in popular tales, the mother of a whole brood (animals), skötu-m., sela-m., laxa-m., represented as an ogre, Maurer’s Volks. 34.

móðir: COMPDS: móðurafi, móðuramma, móðurarfr, móðurbrjóst, móðurbróðir, móðurfaðir, móðurfrændr, móðurhús, móðurkviðr, móðurkyn, móðurlauss, móðurleggr, móðurliga, móðurmjólk, móðurmóðir, móðursonr, móðursystir, móðurtunga, móðurætt.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

dat.: dative.

decl.: declined.

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

Goth.: Gothic.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

indecl.: indeclinable.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

nom.: nominative.

plur.: plural.

q. v.: quod vide.

sing.: singular.

Teut.: Teutonic.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.