Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Móðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

3 definitions

1 móðr

1. m. (= móða), in western Icel. muddy snow-banks, heaps of snow and ice projecting into the sea.

2 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

3 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.

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

móðr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "móðr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
adj: adjective.
adj.: adjective.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
part: participle.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
pr.: proper.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
Scot.: Scottish.
sing: singular.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.
þ.: þáttr.

Works & Authors

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Haustl.: Haustlöng. (A. I.)
Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Og.: Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)
Skáld H.: Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)
Sól.: Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
Th.: Theophilus. (F. III.)
Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)
Þiðr.: Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

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