modig

From mod (“courage”) +‎ -ig, from Old Norse móðugr.

• IPA^(key): /moːdi/, [ˈmoːði]

modig (neuter modigt, plural and definite singular attributive modige)

1. brave, courageous

• “modig” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse móðigr.

• IPA^(key): /muː.di/, [ˈmuː.dɪ]

modig (neuter singular modig, definite singular and plural modige, comparative modigere, indefinite superlative modigst, definite superlative modigste)

1. brave, courageous, bold

• “modig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse móðigr.

• IPA^(key): /muː.di/, [ˈmuː.dɪ]

modig (neuter singular modig, definite singular and plural modige, comparative modigare, indefinite superlative modigast, definite superlative modigaste)

1. brave, courageous, bold

• “modig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• modi

From Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”), equivalent to mōd +‎ -iġ. Cognate with Middle Dutch moedich (Dutch moedig), Old High German -muoti (in compounds) (German mutig), Old Norse móðugr, Swedish modig, Danish modig, Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (mōdags).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.dij/

mōdiġ (superlative mōdgast)

1. proud
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Moyses, ðurh Godes mihte, āwende eal heora wæter tō rēadum blōde, and hē āfylde eal heora land mid froggon, and siððan mid gnættum, eft mid hundes lūsum, ðā flugon into heora mūðe and heora næsðyrlum; and sē Ælmihtiġa ðone mōdiġan cyning mid þām eaðelicum ġesċeaftum swā gėswencte...

     Moses, through the power of God, turned all their water into red blood, and filled all of their land with frogs, and then with gnats, and afterwards with dogflies, which flew into their mouths and their nostrils; the Almighty punished their proud king in that way with every kind of creature...

2. reckless
3. (poetic) brave, courageous
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     mōdġe maguþeġnas. · Swā þēs middanġeard
     ealra dōgra ġehwām · drēoseð ond fealleþ,

     brave warriors. Thus this world
     perishes and falls to each of all days,

• This word and its derivatives were especially favored in Late West Saxon, beginning around 950. For the dialectical distribution of the words for "proud" and "pride," see the usage notes for ofermettu.

• mōdegian
• mōdiġnes

• Middle English: modi, mody
  • English: moody

From Old Swedish moþogher, equivalent to mod +‎ -ig.

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modig (comparative modigare, superlative modigast)

1. brave, courageous
   • 2000 December 18, “Psaltaren 76:6”, in Bibel 2000‎^[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 21 March 2025:

     Modiga män blev plundrade, de hade fallit i sömn, ingen krigare kunde lyfta sin hand.

     Courageous men were plundered, they had fallen asleep, no warrior could lift his hand.

   • 2016 March 7, Jens Möller, “'Afghanistan som ett helvete för kvinnor'”, in Sveriges Radio‎^[2], archived from the original on 16 April 2021:

     Brittiska BBC har kallat Malalai "Afghanistans modigaste kvinna".

     The British BBC has called Malalai "Afghanistan's bravest woman".

• modig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• modig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)