möda

See also: Appendix:Variations of "moda"

Swedish

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish mø̄þa, from Old Norse mœða, móða, same as German noun Mühe and adjective müde, based on a common *mōþuz, *mōþijaz.

Noun

möda c

1. a difficulty, a chore, a tiring effort

   en liten tid, vi leva här, med mycken möda och stort besvär

   a little time, we live here, with much effort and great trouble

Declension

Declension of möda
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	möda	mödan	mödor	mödorna
Genitive	mödas	mödans	mödors	mödornas

Related terms

• mödosam
• vedermöda

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mœða (“to make weary, to exhaust; plague”), from Proto-Germanic *mōþijaną (“to make weary”), in turn from *mōþuz (“tired, weary”).

Verb

möda (present mödar, preterite mödade, supine mödat, imperative möda)

1. (archaic) to hurt, to make an effort that hurts, to bother (someone with something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of möda (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	möda		—
Supine	mödat		—
Imperative	möda		—
Imper. plural1	möden		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	mödar	mödade	—	—
Ind. plural1	möda	mödade	—	—
Subjunctive2	möde	mödade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	mödande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• bemöda

References

• möda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• döma

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *möödäk.

Verb

möda

1. to sell

Inflection

Inflection of möda (inflection type 23/toda)
1st infinitive	möda
present indic.	möb
past indic.	möi
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	mön	möin	—
2nd singular	möd	möid	mö
3rd singular	möb	möi	mögha
1st plural	möm	möim	mögam
2nd plural	möt	möit	mögat
3rd plural	mödas möba	möiba	mögha
sing. conneg.1	mö	mönd	mö
plur. conneg.	mögoi	mönugoi	mögoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	möižin	mönuižin	mönen
2nd singular	möižid	mönuižid	möned
3rd singular	möiži	mönuiži	möneb
1st plural	möižim	mönuižim	mönem
2nd plural	möižit	mönuižit	mönet
3rd plural	möižiba	mönuižiba	möneba
connegative	möiži	mönuiži	möne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	möda
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	mödes	inessive	mömas
instructive	möden	illative	mömha
participles		elative	mömaspäi
present active	möi	adessive	mömal
past active	mönu	abessive	mömat
past passive	mödud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

Derived terms

• möi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “продавать, реализовать, сбыть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika