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mód-sefa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
mód-sefa, an; m.
[apoetical word with much the same meaning as mod, e.g.
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  • Swá bióþ ánra gehwæs monna módsefan áwegede of hiora stede,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 7, 47
    • ;
    • Met. 7, 24
  • = swá ðæt mennisce mód biþ áweged of his stede,

    • Bt. 12
    • ;
    • Fox 36, 17
    • :
  • and

    Gif heora módsefa meahte weorþan staþolfæst gereaht,

    • 11, 195
    • ;
    • Met. 11, 98
  • = gif heora mód wǽre gestaþelod.

      Bt. 21; Fox 74, 40.]
The inner man, mind, spirit, soul, heart:
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  • — Ðæt ðín módsefa mára wurde and ðín líchoma leóhtra micle

    that thy mind would be mightier and far fairer thy body,

    • Cd. 25
    • ;
    • Th. 32, 10
    • ;
    • Gen. 501.
  • Ðá wæs módsefa miclum geblissod

    greatly then was his heart gladdened,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1783
    • ;
    • An. 894: Elen. Kmbl. 1748
    • ;
    • El. 876.
  • Wæs módsefa áfýsed on forþwege

    my soul longed to be gone,

    • Rood Kmbl. 246
    • ;
    • Kr. 124.
  • Mé ðín módsefa lícaþ

    you please me,

    • Beo. Th. 3711
    • ;
    • B. 1853.
  • Ne gemealt him se módsefa

    his heart did not fail,

    • 5249
    • ;
    • B. 2628.
  • Helle gemundon in módsefan

    hell had they in mind,

    • 362
    • ;
    • B. 182.
  • Ic ne métte on módsefan máran snyttro,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1107
    • ;
    • An. 554.
  • Ne sceal se Dryhtnes þeów in his módsefan

    (in his heart)

    máre gelufian eorþan ǽhtwelan,

    • Exon. 38a
    • ;
    • Th. 125, 22
    • ;
    • Gú. 358: 66b
    • ;
    • Th. 247, 1
    • ;
    • Jul. 72.
  • Man cweþeþ on his módsefan

    dicet homo,

    • Ps. Th. 57, 10.
  • On módseofan,

    • 115, 2.
  • Módsefan ásecgan

    to open one's heart to another,

    • Exon. 76b
    • ;
    • Th. 287, 6
    • ;
    • Wand. 10.
  • Hé his módsefan fæste trymede

    he his soul surely stablished,

    • 46b
    • ;
    • Th. 159, 26
    • ;
    • Gú. 933: Andr. Kmbl. 2420
    • ;
    • An. 1211.
  • Syððan hé módsefan mínne cúðe

    after he knew my heart,

    • Beo. Th. 4028
    • ;
    • B. 2012: Exon. 54a
    • ;
    • Th. 188, 24
    • ;
    • Az. 50.
  • Beóþ módsefan dálum gedǽled, sindon dryhtguman ungelíce,

    • 83b
    • ;
    • Th. 314, 29
    • ;
    • Mód. 21.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. mód-seƀo
:
Icel. móð-sefi.
]
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  • mód-sefa, n.