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  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
more, moru, an; f. (also mora in cpds. q.v.)
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
An (edible) root, a carrot, parsnip
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  • Bétan more

    a root of beet,

    • Lchdm. iii. 6, 19.
  • Wylisc moru

    carrot

    . . . Englisc moru

    parsnip,

    • L. M. 3, 8
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 312, 16, 21.
  • Eolonan moran dust, doccan moran dust,

    • 1, 54
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 126, 6.
  • Mintan broþ oððe moran (

    carrot

    ),
    • 1, 18
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 62, 6: 2, 28
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 224, 25.
  • Nim celeþonian moran and glædenan moran and hocces moran,

    • 3, 41
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 334, 27.
  • Ete wælwyrte moran,

    • Lchdm. i. 354, 13.
  • Nim Englisce moran,

    • L. M. 1. 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 38, 15.
  • Moran

    pastinace,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 13.
  • Genim ðæs scearpan þistles moran,

    • L. M. 3, 12
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 314, 11.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. moraha, morach pastinaca, carlota
:
Ger. möhre.
]
Similar entries
v. feld-, weal-, weald-more; ǽg-moran.
Linked entries
v.  ǽg-moran moru.
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