moldwarp
[mohld-wawrp]
- the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
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Origin of moldwarp
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Historical Examples
Thus ended my second day's work at the library of Moldwarp Hall.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
His mother and sister, he said, had been invited to Moldwarp Hall.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
It also may have once belonged to the armoury of Moldwarp Hall.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
One day as we were walking together over the fields, I told him the whole story of the loss of the weapon at Moldwarp Hall.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
By the time she drew rein and allowed me to get alongside of her once more, we were in sight: of Moldwarp Hall.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
Word Origin and History for moldwarp
n.
also mouldwarp, early 14c., moldewarp, from Proto-Germanic *moldo-worpo(n)-, literally "earth-thrower," from to Old English molde "earth, soil" (see mole (2) + weorpan "to throw" (see warp (v.)). Common Germanic, cf. Old Saxon moldwerp, Dutch mulworp, Norwegian moldvarp, Danish muldvarp, Old High German multwurf, German Maulwurf (influenced by Maul "mouth").
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