moldwarp

[mohld-wawrp]

noun

the common European mole, Talpa europaea.

Origin of moldwarp

1275–1325; Middle English moldwerp literally, earth-thrower (see mold³, warp); cognate with Old Saxon moldwerp, Middle High German moltwerf

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Historical Examples of moldwarp

Thus ended my second day's work at the library of Moldwarp Hall.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
George MacDonald
His mother and sister, he said, had been invited to Moldwarp Hall.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
George MacDonald
It also may have once belonged to the armoury of Moldwarp Hall.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
George 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 Cumbermede
George 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 Cumbermede
George MacDonald

Word Origin and History for moldwarp

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").