morþ
Old English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morþ n
Declension edit
Declension of morþ (strong a-stem)
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Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse morð, from Proto-Germanic *murþą.
Noun edit
morþ n
Declension edit
Declension of morþ (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
- Swedish: mord