orn.zool.duck, probably tufted duck (aythya fuligula) or pochard (aythya ferina):
(
MS: s.xiii1
)
galli palustres: (R) mereluns, morkocces
(var. (D: s.xiii1) meriluns)
Gloss Nequam1 249
(
MS: 1272-82
)
esperver muer trainerez de cercele ou de mortun
(var. (A: s.xiv1/3) .i. morillon ou de chawe)
A-N Falconry 89.4
(
MS: c.1335
)
terceles, jauntes e morillons, e purcel enfarcie
(ed. en farcie)
Harley Lyrics 15
(
MS: s.xiii/xiv
)
Aves autem cortis sunt hee: pulli, galli, galine, galinatici [...] alceones, galli palustres
(glosses: (D) moriluns) (var. (C: xiii2) witecoks; (L: xiii/xiv) meriluns; witecocs; coks de palyz, mor cok; coks de mareis; kokes de boys)
TLL i 184 ii 72 and ii 88 and ii 93 and ii 113 and ii 122
(
MS: s.xiii/xiv
)
gallus palustris: morilun
TLL ii 83
morillon2 (s.xiii1)