mot.
to, towards
Meaning & usage
to, towards
Kjør mot byen.
against, from
En paraply skjermer deg mot regnet!
against, versus
Det var et kappløp mot tiden.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Danish mod with native Norwegian -t. Equivalent to a clipping of imot, itself from i (“in”) + the noun in etymology 3 below.
courage
mood, state of mind
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Danish mod with native Norwegian -t, from Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz. The semantic development was influenced by cognate Middle Low German môt, Modern German Mut. These may also explain the unexpected -t, though it is more probably due to sporadic final devoicing; cf. kot (“small fry”) vs. Icelandic kóð. The regular -d remains in modig. (It is also found in a few literary compounds, which have retained the Danish form.)
meeting
Where this word comes from
From dialectal Norwegian, from Old Norse mót.
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