mody
Middle English
/ˈmoːdiː/
adj
Definitions
- Boastful, conceited, arrogant, or vain; displaying pride.
- Furious; causing conflict, war, or strife.
- Courageous, mighty, glorious; praiseworthy.
- (rare) Showing sadness; mournful, upset, crying, dreary.
- (rare) Over-the-top, ornamented.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English mōdiġ (brave) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (courageous) affix from Middle English mode.
Origin
Middle English
mode
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mood English
- moodily English
- moodiness English
- moody English
- *mōdagaz Proto-Germanic
- modig Old English
- modiglic Old English
- modignes Old English
- mōd Old English
- mōdiġ Old English
- mōdiġnes Old English
- drerimod Middle English
- mode Middle English
- modilich Middle English
- modinesse Middle English
- muotag Old High German
- 𐌼𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *muodag Old Dutch