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Old English · adjective

modig

Normalised mōdiġ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈmoː.dij/
Syllables
ˈmoː · dij (2 syllables)
Modern English
moodycourageousproudreckless

Meaning

  1. proud

    Moyses, ðurh Godes mihte, āwende eal heora wæter tō rēadum blōde, and hē āfylde eal heora land mid froggon, and siððan mid gnættum, eft mid hundes lūsum, ðā flugon into heora mūðe and heora næsðyrlum; and sē Ælmihtiġa ðone mōdiġan cyning mid þām eaðelicum ġesċeaftum swā gėswencte...

    Moses, through the power of God, turned all their water into red blood, and filled all of their land with frogs, and then with gnats, and afterwards with dogflies, which flew into their mouths and their nostrils; the Almighty punished their proud king in that way with every kind of creature...

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  2. reckless

  3. brave, courageous

    ealra dōgra ġehwām · drēoseð ond fealleþ,

    brave warriors. Thus this world perishes and falls to each of all days,

    mōdġe maguþeġnas. · Swā þēs middanġeard

Declension

All forms (20)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”), equivalent to mōd + -iġ. Cognate with Middle Dutch moedich (Dutch moedig), Old High German -muoti (in compounds) (German mutig), Old Norse móðugr, Swedish modig, Danish modig, Gothic (mōdags).

Descendants

moody

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