Mōdor
Mōdor is sōþ gemēdrod ealdor oþþe ƿīflic ǣw ealdor cildes oþþe cilda. Stǣrlīce, mōdru mǣste þā cild rǣran, ac sīþ þǣm 20. ȝēarhundrede, fæderas helpaþ mid him ēac.

Līfcræft 
In fealle sumes sycedēores, swilce mennisc, ēacnaþ sēo berende mōdor wæstmlǣht ovum, þe ǣrest embryo hātte, þonne fœtus. Þēos ēacnung gelimpþ in mōdor wambe of geēacnung oþþǣm se fœtus geneahhe grēwþ tō bēonne geboren. Sēo mōdor cymþ oþ þǣre gebyrdtīde and cild āceneþ. Æfter þǣm þe þæt cild ācenned biþ, gemilcaþ hēo tō fēdenne þæt cild; oft is here brēostmeolc se āna fruma fēdnesse forman gēare oþþe mā þisses cildes līfes.