Old English · adjective
modig
Normalised mōdiġ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈmoː.dij/
- Syllables
- ˈmoː · dij (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- moodycourageousproudreckless
Meaning
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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 -
reckless
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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
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | mōdiġ | mōdiġumōdġumōdiġomōdġo | mōdiġ |
| Accusative | mōdiġne | mōdiġemōdġe | mōdiġ |
| Genitive | mōdiġesmōdġes | mōdiġre | mōdiġesmōdġes |
| Dative | mōdiġummōdġum | mōdiġre | mōdiġummōdġum |
| Instrumental | mōdiġemōdġe | mōdiġre | mōdiġemōdġe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | mōdiġemōdġe | mōdiġamōdġamōdiġemōdġe | mōdiġumōdġumōdiġomōdġo |
| Accusative | mōdiġemōdġe | mōdiġamōdġamōdiġemōdġe | mōdiġumōdġumōdiġomōdġo |
| Genitive | mōdiġra | mōdiġra | mōdiġra |
| Dative | mōdiġummōdġum | mōdiġummōdġum | mōdiġummōdġum |
| Instrumental | mōdiġummōdġum | mōdiġummōdġum | mōdiġummōdġum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | mōdiġamōdġa | mōdiġemōdġe | mōdiġemōdġe |
| Accusative | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġemōdġe |
| Genitive | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġanmōdġan |
| Dative | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġanmōdġan |
| Instrumental | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġanmōdġan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġanmōdġan |
| Accusative | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġanmōdġan | mōdiġanmōdġan |
| Genitive | mōdiġramōdiġenamōdġena | mōdiġramōdiġenamōdġena | mōdiġramōdiġenamōdġena |
| Dative | mōdiġummōdġum | mōdiġummōdġum | mōdiġummōdġum |
| Instrumental | mōdiġummōdġum | mōdiġummōdġum | mōdiġummōdġum |
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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