Noun: morþ
Gender: n
Genitive
| Singular | morþes |
| Plural | morþa |
Dative
| Singular | morþe |
| Plural | morþum |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like morþ
hildebord,
fierdfæreld,
mearcland,
berland,
furlang,
cynebearn,
sundorriht,
sweostorbearn,
feaxnett,
sandland,
sandcorn,
wuldorwerod,
wyrmcynn,
feldland,
cweartern,
feohland,
landfæsten,
sundcorn,
meterfers,
framfæreld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead”).
2. Cognate with Old Saxon morð, Dutch moord, Old High German mord (German Mord), Old Norse morð. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós, “mortal”) (earlier *μροτός (*mrotós)), Latin mortis (genitive of mors (“death”)), Old Church Slavonic мрѣти (mrěti) (Russian мере́ть (merétʹ)), Lithuanian mirtis (“death”). Compare Old English morþor. See: Dutch Nouns '
moord', German Nouns '
Mord', Old Norse Nouns '
morð', Ancient Greek Nouns '
βροτός', Latin Nouns '
mortis', Old English Nouns '
morþor'.
Verbs referencing "morþ"
Ancient Greek Nouns
βροτός, Old English Nouns
myrþra, English Nouns
murth.
Translations