sorellus

1 sorellus v. sciurellus

2 sorellus [OF sorel; cf. et. sorus] 1 reddish brown (in quot. of horse, also as sb.). 1277 de uno equo ~o vendito Ac. Exec. W. Merton 104; 1311 Robertus de Morthes ‥ ~um ‥ xvj marc. Cal. Scot. III 426; 1331 equs sorell' precium x li. (Invent. Ch. Ch.) Arch. J. LIII 274; 1390 pro j equo ~o ‥ empto Ac. H. Derby 5; 1452 lego ‥ fratri meo ~um curser meum Test. Ebor. II 161. 2 fallow buck (esp. one in its third year). a1272 reddendo ‥ quinque pira de ~is ad festum S. Bartholomei AncD A 4090; 1334 cepit unum sourellum cervi et duas bissas cum leporariis DL Couch. II 63; 1354 unum sourellum et duas damas in bosco nostro ‥ cepit Pat 242 m. 22; 1494 dedit unum sowrellum ‥ item unum teggum [MS: un' tegg'] (DL Forest Proc.) Pickering I 154.