mödd

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mœddr, past participle of mǿða (mø), derived from móðr (“tired”), from Proto-Germanic *mōþuz (“tired”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ǿdː

Adjective

mödd

  1. exhausted (from work)
    Ji jär sä mödd att ji int vårk gå länger
    I'm so exhausted that I can not walk any more.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ø̀dː

Verb

mödd (preterite möddä)

  1. exhaust oneself through work
    Han möddä säg mykke vä di
    He exhausted himself much with it.

References
  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “MÖDD”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 456
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