mǿða

See also: mœda and Appendix:Variations of "moda"

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōþijaną.

Verb

mǿða (singular past indicative mǿddi, plural past indicative mǿddu, past participle mǿddr)

  1. (transitive) to make weary
  2. (transitive) to exhaust, plague

Conjugation

Conjugation of mǿða — active (weak class 1)
infinitive mǿða
present participle mǿðandi
past participle mǿddr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular mǿði mǿdda mǿða mǿdda
2nd person singular mǿðir mǿddir mǿðir mǿddir
3rd person singular mǿðir mǿddi mǿði mǿddi
1st person plural mǿðum mǿddum mǿðim mǿddim
2nd person plural mǿðið mǿdduð mǿðið mǿddið
3rd person plural mǿða mǿddu mǿði mǿddi
imperative present
2nd person singular mǿð, mǿði
1st person plural mǿðum
2nd person plural mǿðið
Conjugation of mǿða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive mǿðask
present participle mǿðandisk
past participle mǿzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular mǿðumk mǿddumk mǿðumk mǿddumk
2nd person singular mǿðisk mǿddisk mǿðisk mǿddisk
3rd person singular mǿðisk mǿddisk mǿðisk mǿddisk
1st person plural mǿðumsk mǿddumsk mǿðimsk mǿddimsk
2nd person plural mǿðizk mǿdduzk mǿðizk mǿddizk
3rd person plural mǿðask mǿddusk mǿðisk mǿddisk
imperative present
2nd person singular mǿzk, mǿðisk
1st person plural mǿðumsk
2nd person plural mǿðizk

Descendants

  • Faroese: møða
  • Icelandic: mæða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: møda
  • Old Swedish: mø̄þa
  • Old Danish: møthæ

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mœða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive