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mos

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
mos, es; n.
A moss, a marshy place
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  • In ðæt micle mos; of ðæm mose.

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 121, 19.
  • Cf. Tó mossetena gemǽre, and swá big mossetena gemǽre ... Ðis syndon ðæs landes gemǽre æt mosleáge.

    • Cod. Dip. B. ii. 56, 22, 28.
Etymology
[
N. of England and Scott, moss (as in moss-trooper)
:
O.H. Ger. mos palus
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cf. Icel. mosi a moss
:
Dan. mose a bog, moor.
]
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v.  meós.
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