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sorel1 (1130)
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The form sourel is a cross reference to the following entry:

sorel1 (1130)

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sorell;  sourel; 
pl. sorrus  
  FEW:  *saur 17,18b Gdf:  sorel 1 7,481b GdfC: ∅ TL: sorel 9,891 DEAF:  sor 1 (sorel)  DMF:  sorel  TLF: ∅ OED:  sorrel a. and n.2  MED:  sorel a.  DMLBS:  sorellus 2 3138b

Used without any context the word in TLL can be interpreted both as an adjective and a noun.

a.

1colour zool. horsessorrel, chestnut, reddish brown or a horse of that colour: 
( MS: s.xiii1 ) badios: bays / aurea: sorrus  TLL ii 62 (W)
( 1396 ) un chival grys, un chival sorell, un chival grisell, un chival noir  Engl Dip Pract  537
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1130 )  William Sorell  Family Names Sorrell
( 1175 )  Thomas Sorel  Family Names Sorrell

s.

zool. mammalsstaggard, stag in its fourth year: 
( 1374 ) Item un garrant est fait a le parker de Hegham Ferers pur delivrer a Symkyn Symeon quatre deyms, soures ou sourels [...] pur l'estore d'un son parkes  GAUNT1 ii 244

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See also:

sor1 
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