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Old English · noun

morþor

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈmor.θor/
[ˈmorˠ.ðor]
Syllables
ˈmor · θor (2 syllables)
Modern English
murdermurtherenormity

Meaning

  1. murder

  2. great sin or crime, enormity

Declension

Declension of morþor
SingularPlural
Nominative morþormorþru
Accusative morþormorþru
Genitive morþresmorþra
Dative morþremorþrum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *morþr. Compare morþ. Cognates (Gothic (maurþr), Old Norse myrða), Latin mors, Old Irish marb).

Descendants

murder, murther

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