moder

moder (third-person singular simple present moders, present participle modering, simple past and past participle modered)

1. (obsolete) to moderate

• 'drome, -drome, Domer, Drôme, dermo, dermo-, drome, mored

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moder

1. First-person singular present of modern.
2. Imperative singular of modern.

From Middle Dutch moeder, from Old Dutch muoder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

moder f

1. mother
2. guardian
3. nun
4. woman

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

• mother, modere, modre, modir, modyr, mooder, modder, modire, modyre, modur, moodur, moderr

From Old English mōdor, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːdər/, /ˈmoːðər/

moder (plural modres or moders or moder or (Kent) modren, genitive modres or moders or moder)

1. A mother; the female direct ancestor of someone or some creature.
2. The indirect female ancestor of someone or some creature.
3. The Virgin Mary as mother (as of Jesus or as of humanity).
4. A woman who performs the duties of a mother; a female caretaker or guardian.
5. A woman who heads a female monastic community; an abbess.
6. A polite appellation to an elderly woman, or a ruder one to a younger one.
7. Something, somewhere or someone likened to a mother (in begetting, caring, or nourishing):
   1. A behaviour, attribute, virtue, or vice likened to a mother (in begetting, caring, or nourishing)
   2. The womb (as the organ which protects and nourishes the baby).

• godmoder
• moderhede
• moder in lawe
• moderles
• moderly
• moderwort

• English: mother, mither
• Scots: moder, mither

• “mọ̄der (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-19.
• p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

From Old Norse móðir

moder m (definite singular moderen, indefinite plural mødre or mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

1. (dated, or jokingly) synonym of mor

• Moder Jord
• moderskip

• “moder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “moder” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse móðir

moder f (definite singular modera, indefinite plural mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

1. (dated, or jokingly) synonym of mor

• Moder Jord
• moderskip

• “moder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old English mōdor. Compare mither.

moder (plural moders)

1. (archaic) mother

From Proto-Slavic *modrъ (compare Bulgarian модър (modǎr), Serbo-Croatian модар/modar, Slovak and Czech modrý), from Proto-Indo-European *modʰros (compare Hittite 𒀭𒋫𒋫𒀭 (antaran, “blue”)[1]), probably from *meh₂d- (compare Latin madeo (“be wet”), Ancient Greek μαδάω (madáō)[2]).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmòːdər/
• Tonal orthography: mọ́dər

móder (comparative bòlj móder, superlative nàjbolj móder)

1. blue

• módrost

From Proto-Slavic *mǫdrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mandr-. Cognate with Lithuanian mandrùs and Proto-Germanic *mundraz (German munter).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmòːdər/
• Tonal orthography: mọ́dər

móder (comparative modrêjši or módrejši, superlative nàjmodrêjši or nàjmódrejši)

1. wise

• modróst
• módrec

• mor (def. 1)

From Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

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• Rhymes: -uːdɛr

moder c

1. (somewhat dated) mother
2. mother; as in Mother Theresa, Mother Earth etc.

• mamma
• fader
• far
• pappa