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moððe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
moððe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §301; §404;
A moth
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  • Moððe

    tinea.

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 15: 78, 70.
  • Ðǽr moððe (mohða, Lind. Rush.: mouȝþe, mouȝte, Wick.) hit fornimþ

    ubi tinea demolitur,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 19, 20: Lk. Skt. 12, 33.
  • Moððe word fræt,

    • Exon. 112 b
    • ;
    • Th. 432, 4
    • ;
    • Rä. 48, 1.
  • Ðǽr moððan hit áwéstaþ,

    • Wulfst. 286, 32.
Etymology
[
H.M. mohðe
:
Prompt. Parv. mouȝte
:
Chauc. mouhtes; pl.
:
Icel. motti
:
Ger. motte.
]
Linked entries
v.  mohþe.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • moððe, n.