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morterellus

morterellus, ~um [ME mortrels, mortreues < OF morterel, morteruel] , mortress, sort of soup. c1230 habebunt ‥ vespere ‥ panem, cervisiam, carnem, morterrellos de lacte Cust. Waltham f. 210v; panem, cervisiam, carnem, mortellos Ib. f. 219v; c1250 detur mortrellum ad potagium Reg. Pri. Worc. 127b; de bussello, vel de ~is, vel de parvis anguillis in bruecto Cust. Westm. 76; 1275 in carne, pisce, et lib’ ad ~os ‥ emptis MinAc 6/915/9; 1306 habebunt ~um et potagium simul cum aliis de homagio metentibus Ext. Hadleigh 237.

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