Middle English Dictionary Entry
rorra n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rorra n. |
| Etymology | Origin unknown. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Cook. ?Some kind of soup; ?nonsense word, used as jingle with var. of porrei n.
Associated quotations
- a1500 Feast Tott.(Cmb Ff.5.48)94/254 : Ther was pestels in poyra [Wright: porra], And laduls in rorra For potage; And somm saduls sewys And mashefatts in mortrewys.