modcræft

Old English

noun

Definitions

mental power; skill; intelligence; shrewdness; cleverness

Etymology

Compound from Old English mōd (courage, mind, mood, pride, violence, temper, arrogance, spirit, power, heart) + Old English cræft.

Origin

Old English

cræft

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*mōdaz Proto-Germanic
*mōdą Proto-Germanic
bolgenmod Old English
cræft Old English
cræftan Old English
cræftig Old English
cræftleas Old English
cræftlic Old English
eaþmod Old English
guþmod Old English
modcræftig Old English
modig Old English
modsefa Old English
modstaþol Old English
modþracu Old English
mægencræft Old English
mōd Old English
ofermod Old English
soncræft Old English
stearcmod Old English
þolemod Old English
craft Middle English
mode Middle English
mood Middle English
moode Middle English
crefft Welsh
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