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Old English · noun

mod

Normalised mōd

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/moːd/
Syllables
moːd (1 syllable)
Modern English
moodstate of mindmindaffectionzealcourage

Meaning

  1. mind

    Mannes mōd biþ on þām hēafde and gǣþ ūt þurh þone mūþ.

    A person's mind is in the head and goes out through the mouth.

    Adrian and Ritheus

  2. heart, spirit

  3. state of mind, mood

    Đā ġewearþ hit þæt þǣs mǣdenes fōstormōdor intō þām būre ēode, ⁊ ġesēah hī ðār sittan on miċelre ġedrefednesse, ⁊ hire cwæð tō, "Hwiġ eart þū hlæfdiġe swā ġedrefedes mōdes?"

    It happened that the girl's foster mother came into the room and saw her sitting full of confusion, and said to her "Lady, why are you so troubled of mind?."

    The Anglo-Saxon version of the story of Apollonius of Tyre

  4. courage, pride, zeal, or anger

  5. affection

    Uton lufian ure gebroðra on Godes gelaðunge mid swilcum mōde swa swa ðes cyðere þa lufode his fynd.

    Let us love our brothers in God's church with such affection as that with which this martyr loved his foes.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of our Lord"

Declension

Declension of mod
SingularPlural
Nominative mōdmōd
Accusative mōdmōd
Genitive mōdesmōda
Dative mōdemōdum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mē-, *mō-. Cognate with Old High German muot (German Mut), Old Saxon mōd, Old Dutch muot (Dutch (ge)moed), Old Norse móðr (“anger, grief”) (Swedish mod), Gothic (mōþs, “anger, emotion”). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Ancient Greek μῶθαι (môthai) and Latin mōs.

Descendants

mood

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