1 MOSI
a, m. [mid. H. G. mies; Germ. moos; Dan. mos; Lat. muscus]:—moss, botan. lichen, Korm. 234 (in a verse); hrífa mosa, to pick moss, Bs. i. 329; reyta mosa, Nj. 267; mosa-hrúga, a heap of moss, Fms. iii. 527.
2 MOSI
II. a moorland, moss, [= Dan. mose; North. E. and Scot. moss]; þeir fóru stundum mosa, mýrar ok merkr eðr brota stóra, Fms. viii. 31. mosa-vaxinn, part. moss-grown, Bs. i. 329, Fas. i. 298: in local names, Mos-fell, whence Mosfellingar, m. pl. the men from Moss-fell. mos-háls, m. a nickname, Landn.