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

Declension of mose

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mose	mosen	moser	moserne
genitive	moses	mosens	mosers	mosernes

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

Etymology 2

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

• mosegrodd
• mosekledd

References

• “mose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• måsså (dialectal)

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

• mosegrodd
• mosekledd

References

• “mose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Sotho

Noun

mose class 18 (uncountable)

1. overseas

Venetian

Noun

mose

1. plural of mosa