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or-mód

  • adjective
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or-mód, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§580;
Without courage, hopeless, despairing
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  • Ðis folc is geirged and ormód ongén eów

    elanguerunt omnes kabitatores terrae,

    • Jos. 2, 9
      • .

  • Se ðe hine forþencþ, se biþ ormód.

    • Bt. 8
      • ;
    • Fox 24, 18
      • .

  • Wæs ðá ormód eorl, áre ne wénde, ne on ðam fæstene frófre gemunde,

    • Met. l, 78: 5, 30
      • .

  • Mín sylfes gást wæs ormód worden

    defeat spiritus mens.

    • Ps. Th. 76, 4
      • .

  • Ðý læs hé ormód sý ealra þinga.

    • Exon. Th. 294, 12
      • ;
    • Crä. 14
      • .

  • Ne beó ðú tó ormód ðeáh ðé sí on unriht gedémed

    be not too much discouraged, though judgement be given wrongfully against thee.

    • Prov. Kmbl. 34
      • .

  • Ða lytelmódan ðonne hié ongietaþ hiera unbældo, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde (

    in desperationem cadunt),

    • Past. 32, i
      • ;
    • Swt. 209, 8
      • ;
    • Homl. Th. i. 536, 6
      • ;
    • Nar. 32, 23
      • .

  • Hig ormóde (orwéne, MS. D. ) ne gedó,

    • L. de Cf. 1
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 260, 14
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. ur-mót disperatus.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “or-mód.” 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/24968.

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