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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1375

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Morras, n. [MLG. moras and cf. e.m.Du. morasch Du. maras(ch). The mod. Eng. word morass (1655–) is perh. separate in origin.] A marsh. = Mares n. —1375 Barb. vi. 55 (E).
[He] went him doun till a morras [sic in MS.] Our a wattyr that rynnand was And in the bog [etc.]

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