móður

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔuːvʊɹ/

  Rhymes: -ɔuːvʊɹ

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōþaz.

móður (comparative móðari, superlative móðastur)

1. tired

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, related to English mood.

móður m

1. (kvæði) violent mood, indignation, resentment, anger, wrath; sorrow, grief, distress; courage, heart

   av miklum móði

   in great anger

   við so tungum móði

   in so great a sorrow

   ei man móðin tróta

   there is no lack of courage

From the noun móðir (“mother”)

móður

1. accusative singular of móðir
2. dative singular of móðir
3. genitive singular of móðir

• IPA^(key): /ˈmouːðʏr/

  Rhymes: -ouːðʏr

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, whence also English mood.

móður m (genitive singular móðs, no plural)

1. anger, wrath
2. a fierce mood or eagerness (for fighting, competing, etc.)

Probably related to Norwegian Nynorsk mô (“fine dust; froth”), Faroese móða (“froth”); perhaps related to má (“wear out, rub off”).

móður m (genitive singular móðs)

1. a bank of snow or ice
2. dust

Borrowed from Danish mode (“fashion”), from French mode, from Latin modus (“way, manner”). Perhaps conflated with Etymology 4.

móður m (genitive singular móðs, no plural)

1. fashion

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, *gamōdaz.

móður (comparative móðari, superlative móðastur)

1. (in compounds) having a certain kind of mind or feeling

   þolinmóður ― patient

2. (obsolete) brave

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōþaz.

móður (comparative móðari, superlative móðastur)

1. weary
2. breathless

• mæði (“breathlessness, exhaustion”)

From the noun móðir (“mother”).

móður

1. accusative singular of móðir
2. dative singular of móðir
3. genitive singular of móðir

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.