morþ

See also: morth, morð, and morþ-

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murþą, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥-to- (“dead”). Cognate with Old Saxon morð, Dutch moord, Old High German mord (German Mord), Old Norse morð (Swedish mord). 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 мереть (meretʹ)), Lithuanian mirtis ‘death’. Compare morþor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /morθ/

Noun

morþ n

  1. (poetic) death, crime
  2. murder

Declension
Declension of morþ (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative morþ morþ
accusative morþ morþ
genitive morþes morþa
dative morþe morþum

Derived terms

Descendants
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