Old English · noun
molde
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈmol.de/[ˈmoɫ.de]
- Syllables
- ˈmol · de (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- moolmouldearthmoldsoil
Meaning
-
earth, soil
-
the earth, world
Þænne eft þæt galdor, þæt hēr æfter cweð, man sċeal singan, ǣrest on þæt wynstre ēare, þænne on þæt swīðre ēare, þænne hūfan þæs mannes moldan.
Then afterwards, the spell, that will be spoken hereafter, one should sing at first in the left ear, then in the right ear, then to the top of man's earth.
11th century, Against a dwarf:
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *muldō, from *mel- (“to grind”). Cognate with Old High German molta (dialectal German Molt), Old Norse mold (Swedish mull), Gothic (mulda).
Descendants
mold, mool, mould
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