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módig

  • adjective
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módig, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§630;
of high or noble spirit, high-spirited, noble-minded
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  • Ðis is se écea God módig and mægenróf

    this is the eternal God, noble and mighty,

    • Cd. 156
      • ;
    • Th. 195, 11
      • ;
    • Exod. 275: Exon. 18b
      • ;
    • Th. 46, 32
      • ;
    • Cri. 746: Rood Kmbl. 81
      • ;
    • Kr. 41.

  • Ðæt wæs módig cýn

    that was a high-spirited race,

    • Cd. 173
      • ;
    • Th. 216, 16
      • ;
    • Dan. 7.

  • Se fugel engla eard gesóhte, módig, meahtum strang,

    • Exon. 17 a
      • ;
    • Th. 40, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 647.

  • Is se wyrhta módig meahtum spédig

    of noble mind is the maker, abundant in might,

    • 56 a
      • ;
    • Th. 198, 14
      • ;
    • Ph. 10: 42 b
      • ;
    • Th. 143, 26
      • ;
    • Gú. 667.

  • Ðæt is módig wuht

    it (the bull) is a high-spirited creature,

    • Runic pm. Kmbl. 339, 12
      • ;
    • Rún. 2: Elen. Kmbl. 2524
      • ;
    • El. 1263.

  • Hlóh ðá módi man ( Byrhtnoth ),

    • Byrht. Th. 136, 6
      • ;
    • By. 147.

  • Se módiga (Holofernes ),

    • Judth. 10
      • ;
    • Thw. 22, 7
      • ;
    • Jud. 52.

  • Se módega mǽg Higeláces ( Beowulf ),

    • Beo. Th. 1630
      • ;
    • B. 813.

  • Se módga (

    the Phenix

    ),
    • Exon. 59b
      • ;
    • Th. 216, 3
      • ;
    • Ph. 262.

  • Geáta leód trúwode módgan

    (Beowulf's)

    mægnes, Metodes hylde,

    • Beo. Th. 1344
      • ;
    • B. 670.

  • Unc módige ymb mearce sittaþ, þeóda þrymfæste,

    • Cd. 91
      • ;
    • Th. 114, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 1907.

  • Módge maguþegnas,

    • Exon. 77a
      • ;
    • Th. 290, 8
      • ;
    • Wand. 62.
bold, brave, courageous (physically or morally)
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  • Wæs from se ðe lǽdde, módig magorǽswa,

    • Cd. 145
      • ;
    • Th. 181, 2
      • ;
    • Exod. 55.

  • Gǽþ se ðe mót tó medo módig

    he that may shall go bold to the mead,

    • Beo. Th. 1212
      • ;
    • B. 604: Andr. Kmbl. 481
      • ;
    • An. 241.

  • Ðæt wæs módig secg

    a brave man was he,

    • Beo. Th. 3629
      • ;
    • B. 1812: 3021
      • ;
    • B. 1508.

  • Næs ǽnig ðæs módig mon ofer eorþan ... ðæt mec ðus bealdlíce bendum bilegde,

    • Exon. 73a
      • ;
    • Th. 273, 8
      • ;
    • Jul. 513.

  • Sió hand gebarn módiges mannes,

    • Beo. Th. 5329
      • ;
    • B. 2698.

  • Beówulfes síþ, módges merefaran,

    • 1008
      • ;
    • B. 502.

  • Hægsteald módige, wígend unforhte,

    • Cd. 160
      • ;
    • Th. 198, 24
      • ;
    • Exod. 327.
proud, arrogant;
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  • —Módig

    superbus

  • ... eádmód

    humilis,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 25, 27.

  • Ne beó nǽnig man hér on worldríce tó módig,

    • Blickl. Homl. 109, 27,

  • Modig and medugál

    'flown with insolence and wine,'

    • Judth. 10
      • ;
    • Thw. 21, 19
      • ;
    • Jud. 26.

  • Mǽre and módig (Nebuchadnezzar),

    • Cd. 177
      • ;
    • Th. 222, 15
      • ;
    • Dan. 105.

  • Æfter ðæra módigra gásta hryre,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 82, 11.

  • Hé tóstæncte ða módigan

    dispersit superbos,

    • Cant. Mar. 51.
hearty, earnest, impetuous; in a bad sense, bold, headstrong, stubborn, wilful
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  • Bidde ic monna gehwone ... ðæt hé mec neódful ... gemyne módig

    I pray every man that diligently and heartily he bear me in mind,

    • Exon. 76a
      • ;
    • Th. 285, 28
      • ;
    • Jul. 721.

  • Merestreám módig

    the impetuous flood (v. mód, III; and

    módigian),
    • Cd. 166
      • ;
    • Th. 207, 17
      • ;
    • Exod. 468.

  • Módig

    contumax,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 60
      • ;
    • Som. 13, 42.

  • Gif ǽnig man hæbbe módigne sunu and rancne

    si genuerit homo filium contumacem et protervum,

    • Deut. 21, 18.

  • On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða módgan (

    prolervi)

    ,

    on óðre ða unmódgan

    (pusillanimes )

    • Past. 32, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 209, 4.
Etymology
[
Goth. módags angry
:
Icel. móðugr
:
O. Sax. módag
:
M. H. Ger. muotec
:
Ger. muthig.
]
Similar entries
v. fela-, ofer-, til-, un-módig.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “módig.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23052.

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