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soré (s.xiv1/3)

soré (s.xiv1/3)

sorré  
  FEW:  *saur 17,18b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  sor 1 (soré)  DMF: TLF: OED:  sored a.1  MED:  sored(e a.  DMLBS:

This rare lexeme is either the past participle form of the verb sorer (‘to become reddish brown’; not attested in Anglo-Norman, but see Gdf 7,481) or, perhaps less likely, a variant spelling of the adjective soret (DMF: ‘Qui tire sur le jaune brun, le brun roux, le fauve’). The English cognate forms allow for both possibilities (see MED’s etymology). Evidently, while the editor of Culinary Colls chose to have the accented form soré in (B) 27.3, the word may well be read as sore – a variant of sor1.

a.

colourdeep orange, reddish brown
( s.xiv1/3; MS: c.1335 ) colour de fars (=stuffing of ground pistachio nuts), soré, jaune e vert  Culinary Colls (B) 27.3
( s.xiv1/3; MS: c.1335 ) colour (= of a dish with red wine-sauce): sorree  Culinary Colls (B) 19.2

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See also:

sor1  soree  sorel1 
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