"mod" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /moːd/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mē-, *mō-. Cognate with Old High German muot (German Mut), Old Saxon mōd, Old Dutch muot (Dutch (ge)moed), Old Norse móðr (“anger, grief”) (Swedish mod), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, “anger, emotion”). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Ancient Greek μῶθαι (môthai) and Latin mōs. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*mōdaz}} Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*mē-}} Proto-Indo-European *mē-, {{cog|goh|muot}} Old High German muot, {{cog|de|Mut}} German Mut, {{cog|osx|mōd}} Old Saxon mōd, {{cog|odt|muot}} Old Dutch muot, {{cog|nl|(ge)moed}} Dutch (ge)moed, {{cog|non|móðr|t=anger, grief}} Old Norse móðr (“anger, grief”), {{cog|sv|mod}} Swedish mod, {{cog|got|𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃|t=anger, emotion}} Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, “anger, emotion”), {{cog|grc|μῶθαι}} Ancient Greek μῶθαι (môthai), {{cog|la|mōs}} Latin mōs Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=mōd|sort=}} mōd n, {{ang-noun|n|head=mōd}} mōd n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|mōd}}, {{ang-decl-noun|mōd|mōd|mōd|mōd|mōdes|mōda|mōde|mōdum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: mōd [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], mōd [nominative, singular], mōd [nominative, plural], mōd [accusative, singular], mōd [accusative, plural], mōdes [genitive, singular], mōda [genitive, plural], mōde [dative, singular], mōdum [dative, plural]
  1. mind Categories (topical): Mind
    Sense id: en-mod-ang-noun-HEj2MQ8c Disambiguation of Mind: 47 0 22 12 19
  2. heart, spirit
    Sense id: en-mod-ang-noun-I7nMKhdx
  3. state of mind, mood
    Sense id: en-mod-ang-noun-xDLT-Od7 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 56 20 19
  4. (in poetry and compounds) courage, pride, zeal, or anger
    Sense id: en-mod-ang-noun-Up3XjEWs
  5. affection
    Sense id: en-mod-ang-noun-FMZ0FODf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -mōd (english: -minded), mōdlēas (english: mindless), mōdsēoc (english: mentally ill), on mōd berinnan (english: to occur; of a thought or idea)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "english": "mindless",
      "word": "mōdlēas"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mentally ill",
      "word": "mōdsēoc"
    },
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    }
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      "text": "Middle English: mod, mode, mood"
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          "parents": [
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          "english": "A person's mind is in the head and goes out through the mouth.",
          "text": "Adrian and Ritheus\nMannes mōd biþ on þām hēafde and gǣþ ūt þurh þone mūþ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The fourth sin is Ira, that is in English, Anger; it causeth that a man have no power over his mind, and bringeth about manslaughters and many evils.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Memory of the Saints\"\nSe feorða leahtor is ira þæt is on englisc weamodnyss. Seo deð þæt se man nah his modes ġeweald and macað manslihtas and mycele yfelu.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nGyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?",
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          "english": "Let us love our brothers in God's church with such affection as that with which this martyr loved his foes.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Nativity of our Lord\"\nUton lufian ure gebroðra on Godes gelaðunge mid swilcum mōde swa swa ðes cyðere þa lufode his fynd.",
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      "english": "-minded",
      "word": "-mōd"
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      "english": "mentally ill",
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        {
          "english": "A person's mind is in the head and goes out through the mouth.",
          "text": "Adrian and Ritheus\nMannes mōd biþ on þām hēafde and gǣþ ūt þurh þone mūþ.",
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          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Memory of the Saints\"\nSe feorða leahtor is ira þæt is on englisc weamodnyss. Seo deð þæt se man nah his modes ġeweald and macað manslihtas and mycele yfelu.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "english": "If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nGyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heart, spirit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heart",
          "heart"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "state of mind, mood"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "state of mind",
          "state of mind"
        ],
        [
          "mood",
          "mood"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "courage, pride, zeal, or anger"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "courage",
          "courage"
        ],
        [
          "pride",
          "pride"
        ],
        [
          "zeal",
          "zeal"
        ],
        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in poetry and compounds) courage, pride, zeal, or anger"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in poetry and compounds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let us love our brothers in God's church with such affection as that with which this martyr loved his foes.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Nativity of our Lord\"\nUton lufian ure gebroðra on Godes gelaðunge mid swilcum mōde swa swa ðes cyðere þa lufode his fynd.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "affection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affection",
          "affection"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/moːd/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mod"
}

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