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Old English · noun

mos

Normalised mōs

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/moːs/
Syllables
moːs (1 syllable)
Modern English
mossmushnourishmentvictualsfood

mos1 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. moss

mos2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. food, nourishment, victuals

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of mos
SingularPlural
Nominative mōsmōs
Accusative mōsmōs
Genitive mōsesmōsa
Dative mōsemōsum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą, whence also Old High German mos.

From Proto-West Germanic *mōs, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą (“food”). Akin to Old Saxon mōs (“food”), Old High German muos (German Mus, Gemüse (“food, vegetables”), Old English mete (“food”). More at meat.

Descendants

moss, mush

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