modorlic

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (“motherly, maternal”), equivalent to mōdor +‎ -līċ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.dorˌliːt͡ʃ/

Adjective

mōdorlīċ

1. motherly, maternal

Declension

Declension of mōdorlīċ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mōdorlīċ	mōdorlīċ, mōdorlīċu, mōdorlīċo	mōdorlīċ
Accusative	mōdorlīcne	mōdorlīċe	mōdorlīċ
Genitive	mōdorlīċes	mōdorlīcre	mōdorlīċes
Dative	mōdorlīċum	mōdorlīcre	mōdorlīċum
Instrumental	mōdorlīċe	mōdorlīcre	mōdorlīċe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mōdorlīċe	mōdorlīċa, mōdorlīċe	mōdorlīċ, mōdorlīċu, mōdorlīċo
Accusative	mōdorlīċe	mōdorlīċa, mōdorlīċe	mōdorlīċ, mōdorlīċu, mōdorlīċo
Genitive	mōdorlīcra	mōdorlīcra	mōdorlīcra
Dative	mōdorlīċum	mōdorlīċum	mōdorlīċum
Instrumental	mōdorlīċum	mōdorlīċum	mōdorlīċum

Declension of mōdorlīċ — 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	mōdorlīcra, mōdorlīċena	mōdorlīcra, mōdorlīċena	mōdorlīcra, mōdorlīċena
Dative	mōdorlīċum	mōdorlīċum	mōdorlīċum
Instrumental	mōdorlīċum	mōdorlīċum	mōdorlīċum

Descendants

• Middle English: moderlich, moderly
  • English: motherly

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “módorlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.