morþ

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • (poetic) death, crime
  • murder

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *murþą (murder, death) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (dead, mortal).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mr̥tós

Gloss

dead, mortal

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Property

Emoji
⚰️ 😵

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