English Explanatory Dictionary

mouldwarp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mole, Talpa europea.

Pronunciation

/ˈməʊldwɔːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mouldwarp.wav

Word forms

mouldwarp mouldwarps modiwarp molewarp moldwarp modiwort moldiwarp moudiwarp moudiwart moudiewarp mowdiwart mowdiwort

Etymology

From Middle English moldewarpe, moldewarp, moldewerp, (also molwarpe, molewarpe), from Old English *moldeweorpe, ("mole"; literally "earth-thrower"; compare Old English wandeweorpe (“mole”)), from Proto-Germanic *muldawurpiz (“earth-thrower, mole”), equivalent to mould + warp. Cognate with Scots malwart, modewarp (“mole”), Dutch molworp (“mole”), Low German mulworp, molworm (“mole”), German Maulwurf (“mole”), Danish muldvarp (“mole”), Swedish mullvad (“mole”), Icelandic moldvarpa (“mole”).

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