Móðr
Old Norse Dictionary - móðrMeaning of Old Norse word "móðr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
móðr Old Norse word can mean:
- móðr
- 1. m. (= móða), in western Icel. muddy snow-banks, heaps of snow and ice projecting into the sea.
- móðr
- 2. adj. [Scot. muth], moody; þá er móðr er at morni kömr, Hm. 22; sorg-móðr, Og. 13; sjá móðr konungr, 16; heipt-móðr, wrath, Lex. poët.; this sense is poët. and obsolete, but freq. in
- móðr
- II. weary, exhausted, losing one’s breath; hann var móðr mjök af göngu, Fms. vi. 325, Fs. 27; móðr ok sárr, Þiðr. 332; móðir af erfiði, Ó. H. 187; móðr ok megin-lítill, Sól. 2; Kjartan var lítt sárr en ákafliga vígmóðr, Ld. 222; hestrinn var mjök móðr, Gullþ. 64.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- adj.
- adjective.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- poët.
- poetically.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Og.
- Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.