moed

See also: möd and Moed

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moet, from Old Dutch *muot, from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut/

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• Hyphenation: moed
• Rhymes: -ut
• Homophone: moet

Noun

moed m (uncountable)

1. courage, bravery, daring
2. (obsolete) mood; internal nature, mental disposition
   • 1628, Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", (modern, redacted version), couplet 7.

     Van al die mij bezwaren / en mijn vervolgers zijn, / mijn God, wil toch bewaren / den trouwen dienaar dijn; / dat zij mij niet verrassen / in hunnen bozen moed, / hun handen niet en wassen / in mijn onschuldig bloed!

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Derived terms

• bemoedigen
• dronkemansmoed
• gemoed
• heldenmoed
• hoogmoed
• moedeloos
• moedig
• moedwil
• ontmoedigen
• overmoed

Descendants

• Negerhollands: mud

Anagrams

• doem
• mode

Estonian

Noun

moed

1. nominative plural of mood

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /moːɨ̯d/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mɔi̯d/

Verb

moed

1. Nasal mutation of boed.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
boed	foed	moed	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut/

Noun

moed c (no plural)

1. courage

   Ik ferlear de moed. ― I lost the courage.

2. love for/of life

   De moed is der út, broer. ― The love of life is gone, brother.

3. mind
4. spirit
5. will
6. intention

Further reading

• “moed (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *mɤcᴰ (“ant”). Cognate with Thai มด (mót), Lao ມົດ (mot), Shan မူတ် (mǔut), Ahom 𑜉𑜤𑜄𑜫 (mut), Bouyei mod.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /mot˧/
• Tone numbers: moed⁸
• Hyphenation: moed

Noun

moed (Sawndip forms ⿰虫密 or 乜 or 蟆 or 𬟼 or 𰲪 or 𧋶 or ⿰虫磨, 1957–1982 spelling mɵd)

1. ant

   Synonym: duzmoed