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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead”).
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
morþ n
- murder
- (poetic) death, crime
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse morð, from Proto-Germanic *murþą.
Noun
morþ n
- murder
Declension
Declension of morþ (strong a-stem)
Descendants