Móðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᚢᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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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Móðr

Móðr

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1 móðr

2 móðr

3 móðr

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