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sor1 (1121-25)

sor1 (1121-25)

soer,  soere,  soor,  soore;  sore;  sour,  soure  
  FEW:  *saur 17,18a Gdf:  sor 1 7,477a GdfC:  sor 10,689b TL: sor 1 9,851 DEAF:  sor 1  / sour  DMF:  sor  TLF: OED:  sore a.2  MED:  sor(e a.1  DMLBS:  sorus 1 3140b / sorus 2 3140c

a.

1colourdeep orange, gold-coloured
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Li vestiment sunt tuit a or, En Arabie nen at si sor  S Brend mup 682
( c.1184; MS: s.xiiiex ) Li uns est neirs, li autre est sors, Li uns de plums, li autre d’ors  S Thom beneit1 649
2colour(of hair) reddish brown, auburn
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiex ) Ele out ben fest le cors, E les crins luns  (ms. luners) et sors  Cor Lai 514
colour zool. orn. falc.(of a hawk) sore, in its first year and still having red plumage (before moulting)
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) cil ki ne port ostur sor u muer  Horn 134
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim ) E osturs e beaus esparvers, Ben volanz e sors e muers  Ipom BFR 2644
( MS: 1272-82 ) Esperver sor, ceo est [de] nature peranez  A-N Falconry 89.4
( 1380 ) pur un soore faucon de lui achatez  GAUNT2 i 152
colour zool. horses(of a horse) sorrel, chestnut, reddish brown
( MS: s.xii2/4 ) Li Algalifes sist sur un ceval sor  Roland 1943
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) En bere le metent entre deus chevals sors  Rom Chev ANTS 3715
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim ) Gui va ferir le cunte Jordan [...] Que loinz l'abati del cheval sor  Gui War 5356
( MS: s.xiiiex ) (types of horses:) aureos: (C) sorz (var. (A: s.xiii) orius (l. orins) )/ mirrheos: (C) auke sorz, liarz  TLL ii 39.78
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 ) Chival praié, hakeney sor (M.E. red hakeney)  Nominale 718
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 ) Un chivaler [...] Qi a chival sore est monté  Fem2 26.13
meins, menué sor
colour zool. horses(of a horse’s coat) pale sorrel, chestnut, reddish brown
( MS: s.xiiiex ) (types of horses:) cervinos: (L) mens sors (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) meyneit sors, mey[n] sors )  TLL ii 39
de sor age
sorage
de sor aire
soraire
sor bai
sorbai
sor bauçan
sorbauçan
harang sor
harang
sor mulet
sormulet

s.

zool. mammalsstaggard, stag in its fourth year
( s.xiv1/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) Ore aloms a cerf et parloms de luy en ses degrés. Feat assavoir qe le premer an est il veal, [...], le quarte an sour  TWITI2 4.39
( 1374 ) .xij. bestes de sauvagyn, c’est assavoir .x. deyms ou soures et sys daymes deinz la chace de Douffeldfryth  GAUNT1 ii 233
grant sor
zool. mammalsstag in its fifth year
( s.xiv1/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) Ore aloms a cerf et parloms de luy en ses degrés. Feat assavoir qe le premer an est il veal, [...] le quinte an grant sour  TWITI2 4.40
ne ... neir ne sor
fair nor dark, nobody
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 ) Dunc comanda as moines qu'il presissent le cors E sil muchasent si nel veist neirs ne sors  Becket1 5772

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See also:

soré  soree  sorel1 
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