"morþ" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /morθ/, [morˠθ]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead”). Cognate with Old Saxon morð, Dutch moord, Old High German mord (German Mord), Old Norse morð. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós, “mortal”) (earlier *μροτός (*mrotós)), Latin mortis (genitive of mors (“death”)), Old Church Slavonic мрѣти (mrěti) (Russian мере́ть (merétʹ)), Lithuanian mirtis (“death”). Compare Old English morþor. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*morþ}} Proto-West Germanic *morþ, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*murþą}} Proto-Germanic *murþą, {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*mr̥tós|t=dead}} Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead”), {{cog|osx|morð}} Old Saxon morð, {{cog|nl|moord}} Dutch moord, {{cog|goh|mord}} Old High German mord, {{cog|de|Mord}} German Mord, {{cog|non|morð}} Old Norse morð, {{cog|grc|βροτός||mortal}} Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós, “mortal”), {{cog|la|mortis|pos=genitive of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">mors</i> (“death”)}} Latin mortis (genitive of mors (“death”)), {{cog|cu|мрѣти}} Old Church Slavonic мрѣти (mrěti), {{cog|ru|мере́ть}} Russian мере́ть (merétʹ), {{cog|lt|mirtis|t=death}} Lithuanian mirtis (“death”), {{cog|ang|morþor}} Old English morþor Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} morþ n, {{ang-noun|n}} morþ n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|morþ}}, {{ang-decl-noun|morþ|morþ|morþ|morþ|morþes|morþa|morþe|morþum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], morþ [nominative, singular], morþ [nominative, plural], morþ [accusative, singular], morþ [accusative, plural], morþes [genitive, singular], morþa [genitive, plural], morþe [dative, singular], morþum [dative, plural]
  1. murder Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Murder
    Sense id: en-morþ-ang-noun-~DCG9tHg Disambiguation of Murder: 67 33 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
  2. (poetic) death, crime Tags: neuter, poetic Categories (topical): Crime, Death
    Sense id: en-morþ-ang-noun-fk5Pcsh1 Disambiguation of Crime: 43 57 Disambiguation of Death: 0 100 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: morþbealu Related terms: morþor

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "morþbealu"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "morth",
            "3": "murth"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: morth, murth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: morth, murth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "murth"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: murth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: murth"
    },
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        {
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            "1": "en",
            "2": "murth"
          },
          "expansion": "English: murth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: murth"
    }
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *morþ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*murþą"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "3": "*mr̥tós",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "morð"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon morð",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "moord"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch moord",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "mord"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German mord",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mord"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mord",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "morð"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse morð",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βροτός",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mortal"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós, “mortal”)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
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        "2": "mortis",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "мрѣти"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic мрѣти (mrěti)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "мере́ть"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian мере́ть (merétʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "mirtis",
        "t": "death"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English morþor",
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    }
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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        "class"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "morþ",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morþes",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morþa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morþe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morþum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "n"
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        "8": "morþum",
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        "title": "",
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    }
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
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        },
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        }
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      "id": "en-morþ-ang-noun-~DCG9tHg",
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        },
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          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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            "All topics",
            "Justice",
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
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            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-morþ-ang-noun-fk5Pcsh1",
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          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "death",
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        ],
        [
          "crime",
          "crime"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) death, crime"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/morθ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[morˠθ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "morþ"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Crime",
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      "word": "morþbealu"
    }
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          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: morth, murth"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Scots: murth"
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        {
          "args": {
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      "expansion": "Dutch moord",
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      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German mord",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      },
      "expansion": "German Mord",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
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      "expansion": "Old Norse morð",
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        "1": "grc",
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        "4": "mortal"
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "morþ",
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      "form": "morþ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "morþes",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morþa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morþe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morþum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "morþor"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "murder"
      ],
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        [
          "murder",
          "murder"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Old English poetic terms"
      ],
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        "death, crime"
      ],
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          "crime",
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/morθ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[morˠθ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "morþ"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.