modorlic
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (“motherly, maternal”), equivalent to mōdor + -līċ.
Adjective
mōdorlīċ
- motherly, maternal.
Declension
Declension of modorlic — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mōdorlīċ | mōdorlīċu, -o | mōdorlīċ |
| Accusative | mōdorlīċne | mōdorlīċe | mōdorlīċ |
| Genitive | mōdorlīċes | mōdorlīċre | mōdorlīċes |
| Dative | mōdorlīċum | mōdorlīċre | mōdorlīċum |
| Instrumental | mōdorlīċe | mōdorlīċre | mōdorlīċe |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | mōdorlīċe | mōdorlīċa, -e | mōdorlīċu, -o |
| Accusative | mōdorlīċe | mōdorlīċa, -e | mōdorlīċu, -o |
| Genitive | mōdorlīċra | mōdorlīċra | mōdorlīċra |
| Dative | mōdorlīċum | mōdorlīċum | mōdorlīċum |
| Instrumental | mōdorlīċum | mōdorlīċum | mōdorlīċum |
Declension of modorlic — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mōdorlīċa | mōdorlīċe | mōdorlīċe |
| Accusative | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċe |
| Genitive | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċan |
| Dative | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċan |
| Instrumental | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċan |
| Accusative | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċan | mōdorlīċan |
| Genitive | mōdorlīċra, mōdorlīċena | mōdorlīċra, mōdorlīċena | mōdorlīċra, mōdorlīċena |
| Dative | mōdorlīċum | mōdorlīċum | mōdorlīċum |
| Instrumental | mōdorlīċum | mōdorlīċum | mōdorlīċum |
Descendants
- Middle English: moderlich, moderly
- English: motherly
References
- módorlíc in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary