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

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	morþ	morþ
accusative	morþ	morþ
genitive	morþes	morþa
dative	morþe	morþum

Derived terms

• morþbealu

Related terms

• morþor

Descendants

• Middle English: morth, murth
  • Scots: murth
  • English: 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

• Swedish: mord