Mood-thought

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thought relating to a specific mood or mindset; one's intent or mind. archaic, nonstandard

    "Now [we] shall praise the heaven-realm's Keeper, God's might and his mood-thought, the work of the glory-Father, as he of each wonder, the eternal Lord, the beginning ordained."

Example

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"Now [we] shall praise the heaven-realm's Keeper, God's might and his mood-thought, the work of the glory-Father, as he of each wonder, the eternal Lord, the beginning ordained."

Etymology

From a translation of Old English mōdġeþanc (“mind, thoughts”, literally “mood-thought”), equivalent to mood + thought.

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