These words also have multiple meanings, often overlapping 'spirit' and 'heart' with 'mind.' This indicates that the sense of the self was perceived differently in the AnlgoSaxon period than it is today, as Modern English distinguishes between the mind, the heart, and the soul as separate entities. There were other mind/heart/soul words in Old English, most notably gast (spirit, ghost), and sawel (soul) (“gast,” & “sawel,” 2010 ).

However, there is a general consensus that it was used to describe the immaterial part of a person, meaning a soul or spirit, with connotations of 'heart' and 'mind' as well. This thesis aimed to discover whether those philosophies had an impact on the language itself, specifically the Old English word mod, which becomes 'mood' in Modern English.1 The word mod had several different meanings which will be discussed in later sections. During this time, Christian missionaries came to England from the continent, bringing not only their religion, but also new ideas and philosophies.

In its earliest forms it was most closely related to German, and was the dominant language in England during the Anglo-Saxon period (449 CE to 1066 CE). The English language has a long and varied history.

Words with mod in them