† ˈormod, a. Obs.
[OE. or-mód (= OHG. urmuot), f. or-, without + mód, mind, courage, mood.]
Without spirit; despondent, despairing.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. viii, Se ðe hine forþencð se beð ormod. c 1000 Joshua ii. 9 (Heptat.) Ðis folc is ᵹeirᵹed and ormod onᵹean eow. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 105 Þet we on unilimpan to ormode ne beon. |