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mód

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
mód, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§128; §343; §641;
the inner man, the spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of man, e.g.
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  • ða ryhtæþelo bíþ on ðam móde, næs on ðam flǽsce,

    • Bt. 30, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 110, 19.

  • Ðone blindan ðe on líchoman wæs gehǽled ge eác on móde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 21, 10.
Like the English spirit, soul it can be used to denote a person, e.g.
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  • ðæt æðele mód (St. Andrew),

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2486
      • ;
    • An. 1244:
      • (St. Juliana),
    • Exon. 68 b
      • ;
    • Th. 255, 4
      • ;
    • Jul. 209.

  • Ðæt milde mód (St. Guthlac),

    • 43 b
      • ;
    • Th. 146, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 711
      • ;
  • and throughout Alfred's translation ðæt mód represents Boethius, e. g.

    ðá ðæt mód ðillíc sár cweþende wæs se wísdóm him blíþum eágum on lócude and hé for ðæs módes geómerunge næs náuht gedréfed

    haec ubi continuato dolore delatravi, illa vultu placido, nihilque meis questibus mota,

    • Bt. 5, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 8, 23-26.
with more especial reference to intellectual or mental qualities, mind
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  • Gesceád

    ratio,

    mód

    mens,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Som. 4, 48.

  • Mód vel geþanc

    animus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 33.

  • Seó sáwul is animus, ðæt is mód, ðonne heó wát; heó is

    mens,

    ðæt is mód, ðonne heó understent,

    • Homl. Skt. 1, 184: Blickl. Homl. 229, 14, 28.

  • Nú ic wát tela and ic onféng gewit mínes módes,

    • Bd. 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 536, 34.

  • Hit is ǽlces módes wíse ðæt sóna swá hit forlǽt sóþcwidas swá folgaþ hit leásspellunga

    eam mentium constat esse naturam, ut quoties abjecerint veras, falsis opinionibus induantur,

    • Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 14, 15.

  • Hé ongeat ðæs módes ingeþancas,

    • 7, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 16, 5.

  • Háles módes

    sane mentis,

    • Mk. Skt. 5, 15.

  • Hé ðá cwices módes (

    animi vivacis

    )

    geornlíce leornade,

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 637, 37.

  • Módes snyttru,

    • Exon. 17 b
      • ;
    • Th. 41, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 662: 78 b
      • ;
    • Th. 295, 14
      • ;
    • Crä. 33: Cd. 52
      • ;
    • Th. 66, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 1085.

  • Heó cwæþ on hyre móde

    dicebat intra se,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 9, 21.

  • Nis mé on geþance vel on móde

    non mihi est cordi,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 47.

  • Ic hæfde mé éce geár ealle on móde

    annos aeternos in mente habui,

    • Ps. Th. 76, 5.

  • Gleáw on móde,

    • Cd. 107
      • ;
    • Th. 143, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 2373: 213
      • ;
    • Th. 266, 14
      • ;
    • Sat. 22.

  • Móde gegrípan

    to comprehend,

    • Exon. 92 b
      • ;
    • Th. 348, 10
      • ;
    • Sch. 26.

  • Mód

    mentes,

    • Wülck. 253, 30.
with reference to the passions, emotions, etc., soul, heart, spirit, mind, disposition, mood
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  • God biþ ðonne þearlwísra ðonne ǽfre ǽnig mód gewurde

    God shall then be more severe than ever any soul might be,

    • Blickl. Homl. 95, 31.

  • Ðá weóp hé sylf, and his mód wæs onstyred,

    • 225, 22: Cd. 35
      • ;
    • Th. 47, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 758.

  • Him wæs murnende mód

    sad hearts had they,

    • Beo. Th. 99
      • ;
    • B. 50.

  • Hí lǽrdon ðæt hí him wǽpno worhton and módes strengþo náman

    they (the Romans) urged them (the Britons) to make themselves weapons and to take courage,

    • Bd. 1, 12
      • ;
    • S. 481, 5.

  • In módes heánnesse

    in extasi,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 20.

  • On gnornunga módes

    in merore animi,

    • Kent. Gl. 517.

  • Módes heánes

    loftiness of soul,

    • Blickl. Homl. 119, 20: 31, 34.

  • Ðæt is ðínes módes willa

    the desire of thy heart,

    • 225, 19.

  • Ða ðe betran módes wǽron

    those who were better disposed,

    • 215, 11.

  • His þegnas wǽron flǽsclices módes (

    carnally minded

    ),
    • 17, 5: Ors. 4, 13
      • ;
    • Swt. 212, 25: 5, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 222, 2: Ps. Th. 118, 60: 144, 5.

  • Lufa ðínne drihten mid ealre ðínre heortan and mid eallum móde (

    ex tota anima tua

    ),
    • Deut. 6, 5: 13, 3.

  • Forseó ðisse worulde wlenco gif ðú wille beón welig on ðínum móde; forðam ða ðe ðás welan gítsiaþ, hí bíþ wædlan on hyra móde,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 50.

  • Hé wæs á on ánum móde and heofonlíce blisse mon mihte á on his móde ongytan

    he was always the same, and heavenly joy might ever be seen in him,

    • Blickl. Homl. 223, 34.

  • Ðá wǽron hié swíðe erre on heora móde

    then were they very angry in their hearts,

      1
    • 49, 28: Cd. 3
      • ;
    • Th. 4, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 63: 16
      • ;
    • Th. 20, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 302.

  • God onsende on ðara bróðra mód ðæt hí woldan his bán geniman

    God put it into the hearts (in animo) of the brethren to take his (Cuthbert's) bones,

    • Bd. 4, 30
      • ;
    • S. 608, 28.

  • Bégan wé úre mód from ðære lufan ðisse worulde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 57, 22.

  • Is mé nú swíðe earfeþe hiera mód tó áhwettane, nú hit náwþer nyle beón, ne scearp ne heard,

    • Ors. 4, 13
      • ;
    • Swt. 212, 30.

  • Hí hine on yrre mód gebrohtan

    in ira concitaverunt eum,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 40: Cd. 3
      • ;
    • Th. 4, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 60: 21
      • ;
    • Th. 26, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 403.

  • Hý se sylfa cyning lýsde þurh milde mód,

    • Exon. 25 b
      • ;
    • Th. 74, 23
      • ;
    • Cri. 1211.

  • Ða tydran mód,

    • 43 b
      • ;
    • Th. 147, 19
      • ;
    • Gú. 729.

  • Drihtnes weg gegearwian tó heora módum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 81, 8.

  • Hé ús syleþ missenlícu mód (

    different dispositions

    ),
    • Exon. 89 a
      • ;
    • Th. 334, 8
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 13.

  • Móde,

    inst. with much the same force as the Romance suffix -mente, -ment :--

  • Unforhte móde

    fearlessly,

    • Blickl. Homl. 67, 1.

  • Unstweógende móde

    undoubtingly,

    • 171, 13.

  • Erre móde,

    • 189, 25.

  • Sorgiende móde,

    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 484, 8.

  • Mid freó móde,

    • 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 507, 32.
a special quality of the soul,
in a good sense, Courage, high spirit
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  • Æfter ðam ðe his mód wæs mid ðam bismre áhwæt hé fór eft on Perse and hí geflýmde

    after his courage had been sharpened by this disgrace, he again marched against the Persians, and put them to flight,

    • Ors. 6, 30
      • ;
    • Bos. 126, 17.

  • Heorte sceal ðé cénre mód sceal ðé máre ðé úre mægen lytlaþ

    heart shall the braver be, courage the higher, as our force dwindles,

    • Byrht. Th. 140, 64
      • ;
    • By. 313.

  • Ðá ongunnon hí mód niman

    then they began to take courage,

    • Bd. 1, 16
      • ;
    • S. 484, 15.

  • Hé hæfde mód micel,

    • Beo. Th. 2338
      • ;
    • B. 1167.

  • Woldon ellenrófes mód gemiltan,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2785
      • ;
    • An. 1395.
in a bad sense, Pride, arrogance
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  • Ðæs engles mód,

    • Cd. 1
      • ;
    • Th. 3, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 29.

  • Hyre mód ástáh

    her (Hagar's) pride mounted up,

    • 101
      • ;
    • Th. 134, 35
      • ;
    • Gen. 2235: 205
      • ;
    • Th. 253, 18
      • ;
    • Dan. 597: Exon. 42 a
      • ;
    • Th. 141, 27
      • ;
    • Gú. 633.

  • Cf. Hé wæs on swá micle ofermétto ástigen

    efferatus superbia,

    • Ors. 6, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 264, 8.

  • Næs mé for móde

    it was not from pride in me,

    • 28 b
      • ;
    • Th. 87, 22
      • ;
    • Cri. 1429.

  • Him se mǽra mód getwǽfde, bælc forbígde,

    • Cd. 4
      • ;
    • Th. 4, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 53.

  • Þurh ðín (

    Lucifer's

    )

    micle mód,

    • 35
      • ;
    • Th. 46, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 738.
applied to inanimate things, Greatness, magnificence, pride
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  • Heriaþ hine æfter móde his mægenþrymmes

    laudate eum secundum multitudinem magnitudinis ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 150, 2.

  • Mycel mód and strang ðínes mægen-þrymmes

    magnificentiam majestatis tuae,

    • 144, 5.

  • Ne mihton forhabban werestreámes mód

    they could not restrain the pride of the flood (of the Egyptians drowned in the Red Sea),

    • Cd. 167: Th. 208, 24
      • ;
    • Exod. 448.
Etymology
[
Goth. móds anger
:
Icel. möðr wrath, grief
:
O. Sax. O. Frs. mód mind, heart, courage
:
O. H. Ger. muot mens, animus, anima, cor
:
Ger. muth.
]
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v. ofer-mód.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mód.” 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/23026.

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