Middle English Dictionary Entry
sored(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sored(e adj. Also sorde, (NEM) soired. |
| Etymology | OF soret; ?also cp. ME sō̆r(e adj.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a horse: reddish-brown; red ~.
Associated quotations
- (1420) EEWills53/9 : I will..þat Acris Mersk haue þe grey geldyng, Gerard and Iohn my brethir, liard botiller, and a sorede horse þat was bought off Henuden.
- (1420) EEWills54/17 : I will þat William Lister haue as mych of monee as the sorde hors is worth, þat Shottesbroke haues.
- c1460 Ipom.(3) (Lngl 257)334/37 : Aftre him come an othre faire soired stede, trapped all in reid, & all the harneis that longed to him, all rede.
- c1460 Ipom.(3) (Lngl 257)344/29 : A reid knight..sat on a reid-sored stede.