Old English · noun

modrige

Normalised mōdriġe

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈmoːd.ri.je/
Syllables: ˈmoːd · ri · je (3 syllables)
Modern English: mother's aunt maternal

Meaning

mother's sister, maternal aunt
female cousin

Declension

Declension of modrige
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mōdriġe	mōdriġan
Accusative	mōdriġan	mōdriġan
Genitive	mōdriġan	mōdriġena
Dative	mōdriġan	mōdriġum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mōdrijā, from Proto-Germanic *mōdrijǭ (“maternal aunt”). Cognate with Old Frisian mōdrie (“maternal aunt”), Old High German muotera (“maternal aunt”).

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