morellus

morellus [OF morel < maurus] , dark-coloured, brown, grey, or black (usu. of horse); b (as sb. m.) dark-coloured horse. unum equum ~um State Tri. Ed. I 90; 1313 de uno somerio nigro ~o KR Ac 99/13; 1313 stalo ~us Ib. 375/8 f. 16d.; unum cursorium gris’ morell’ Ib. f. 29; 1331 j equs qui dicitur Morell’ (Invent.) Arch. J. LIII 274; legavit ‥ Willelmus ‥ runcinum ~um FormA 423.  b a1123 ~us de Capella regis Cart. Merton 429; cum sanguis regnat, homo somniat se videre ‥ scarlatam sindonem rubeam vel violaceam, ~um, rosam ingranatam ‥ M. Scot Phys. 47; morel, hors PP.