morþ

See also: morth and morð

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
  • IPA(key): /morθ/, [morˠθ]

Noun

morþ n

  1. murder
  2. (poetic) death, crime

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
  • Middle English: morth, murth

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse morð, from Proto-Germanic *murþą.

Noun

morþ n

  1. murder

Declension
  Declension of morþ (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative morþ morþit morþ morþin
accusative morþ morþit morþ morþin
dative morþi, morþe morþinu, morþeno morþum, morþom morþumin, morþomen
genitive morþs morþsins morþa morþanna

Descendants
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