móðurlegur

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse móðurligr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz. Equivalent to móðir +‎ -legur. Cognate with Danish moderlig, Swedish moderlig and English motherly.

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móðurlegur (comparative móðurlegri, superlative móðurlegastur)

  1. motherly, maternal

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