Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse móðurligr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz. Equivalent to móðir +‎ -legur. Cognate with Danish moderlig, Swedish moderlig and English motherly.

Adjective

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móðurlegur (comparative móðurlegri, superlative móðurlegastur)

  1. motherly, maternal

Inflection

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Further reading

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