móðir
nafnorðkvenkyn
, móður; in and mæðr (mœðr), mæðra, mæðrum. There is also a monosyll. form mæðr, throughout in the , and answering to feðr, föðr or bræðr (= faðir, bróðir); but these forms are unknown in , and are seldom used in the genuine old writers, being mostly found in legendary writers, who probably followed some provincial Norwegianism; thus passim in Stjórn, af mæðr konungsins, 82; mæðrinnar kvið, 80: [this word is common to all languages except , which used aiþei = eiða () instead]:—a mother; sonr á at taka arf eptir föður sinn ok móður, i. 171; föður-móðir, a father’s mother, 172; faðir ok móðir, id., in countless instances: as a nickname, konunga-móðir, Jarla-m., iii: in popular tales, the mother of a whole brood (animals), skötu-m., sela-m., laxa-m., represented as an ogre, Maurer’s Volks. 34.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
- nom.nefnifall (e. nominative)
- indecl.óbeygjanlegt (e. indeclinable)
- sing.eintala (e. singular)
- mod.modern.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Teut.Teutonic.
- Goth.Gothic.
- q. v.quod vide.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)