mose

See also: Mose, Mosè, and Möse

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːsə/, [ˈmoːsə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mosi.

Noun

mose c (singular definite mosen, plural indefinite moser)

  1. bog (expanse of marshland)
  2. moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)
Inflection
Derived terms
  • mosebed
  • mosebirk
  • mosebro
  • mosebryg
  • mosebund
  • mosebunke
  • mosebær
  • mosebølle
  • mosedrag
  • moseeg
  • moseel
  • moseeng
  • mosefolk
  • mosefund
  • mosefyr
  • mosegeologi
  • mosegris
  • mosegrund
  • mosehul
  • mosejord
  • mosekonebryg
  • moselig
  • moseområde
  • mosepors
  • mosevand

Etymology 2

From German Low German mosen.

Verb

mose (imperative mos, infinitive at mose, present tense moser, past tense mosede, perfect tense har moset)

  1. mash (convert (something) into a mash)
  2. slog (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
  3. zip (to move in haste)

Gothic

Romanization

mose

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English māse (titmouse); see English titmouse.

Noun

mose (plural moses)

  1. a small bird, a tit, titmouse, coalmouse
    • 1935 [c. 1250], J. H. G. Grattan and G. F. H. Sykes (eds.), The Owl and the Nightingale, poem attributed to Nicholas de Guildford:
      Ne myht þu leng a word iqueþe, Ac pipest al so doþ a mose
      You can make not a further word, But peep as does a titmouse

Verb

mose

  1. Alternative form of musen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mosi.

Noun

mose m (definite singular mosen, indefinite plural moser, definite plural mosene)

  1. moss (plant in the Bryophyta family)
  2. (obsolete) a moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mosi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²moːsə/
  • Homophone: måse

Noun

mose m (definite singular mosen, indefinite plural mosar, definite plural mosane)

  1. moss (plant in the Bryophyta family)

Derived terms

References


Sotho

Noun

mose class 18 (uncountable)

  1. overseas

Venetian

Noun

mose

  1. plural of mosa
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