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§5; §23; §128; §129; §211; §253; §260; §278; §282; §299; §415;
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a female parent.
a woman who has given birth to a child
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  • Suǽ suǽ cild irnð tó his móder (-ur,

    v.l.

    ) greádan.
      Past. 103, 23: Wlfst. 193, 9.

  • Hé wæs Bryttisc on his móder healfe,

      Chr. 1075; P. 202, 7.

  • Hí freónda ne róhton, ne fæder oððe méder (móder,

    v.l.

    ),
      Hml. S. 5, 45.
  • For ðám mycclum geleáfan þǽre méder. Hml. Th. ii. 116, 13.

  • Habban gýmene ǽgðer ge ðǽre méder ge þæs cildes,

      196, 19.

  • Wið suna moeder (

    matris

    ) ðínre.
      Ps. Srt. 49, 20: 68, 9.

  • Of módres (móder,

      R. , módor, W. S.) hrif, Mt. L. 19, 12.

  • Móderes,

      Jn. L. 3, 4.

  • Moederes,

      Lk. p. 4, 5.
  • Beæftan his méder and his mǽgum. Past. 385, 20.

  • Swá hwylc swá segð his fæder and méder (moeder, L. , móder

    matri),

      Mt. 15, 4.

  • Nú ne sceolon þá mǽdenu heora móddru forseón of ðám ðe hí cómon, þeáh ðe hí beón on mægðháde lybbende and heora móddru beón wíf,

      Hml. A. 37, 324: 32, 208.

  • Ðá móddru on heora cildra martyrdóme þrowodon ; þæt swurd . . . becóm tó ðǽra móddra heortan,

      Hml. Th. 1. 84, 17-19.

  • Módero

    matres,

      Mk. L. 10, 30.
used of an animal
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  • Ylp is ormǽte nýten . . . Feówer and twéntig mónda gǽí seó módor mid folan,

      Hml. S. 25, 569.
  • Fugelas ne týmað swá swá óðre nýtenu, ac ǽrest hit bið ǽig, and seó módor brét þæt ǽig tó bridde. Hml. Th. i. 250, 23.
in extended sense,
an ancestress
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  • Heó (

    Eve

    ) is ealra libbendra módor,
      Gen. 3, 20. I a.
applied to things more or less personified
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  • Geðyld is módur and hierde ealra mægena. Past. 215, 19.

  • Se yfela willa . . . is módur ǽlces yfeles,

      222, 14.

  • Wyrd seó swíðe ealra firena fruma, fǽhðo módor,

      Sal. 443.

  • Ǽlc ðyssera heáfodleahtra hæfð micelne teám, ac gif wé ðá módru ácwellað, þonne beóð heora bearn ealle ádýdde,

      Hml. Th. ii. 218, 28.
applied to a person who acts like a mother.
one who shows motherly affection
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  • Hé ætiéwe his hiéremonnum ðæt hé sié hiera fæder on láre and hiera módur on mildheortnesse,

      Past. 123, 25.
one who exercises control, the superior of a female religions community
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  • Ealle þá sweostor . . . for heora módor sáwle georne þingedon,

      Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 479, 10.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “módor.” 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/55553.

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