morse

SubstantivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen

Vereinigtes Königreich//mɔːs//

A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.

Substantiv

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A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.
The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.

Herkunft

From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).

Substantiv

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veraltetSynonym of walrus.
The morse is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...]
Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.

Herkunft

Uncertain, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Samic *moršë. Compare Russian морж (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later), and possibly the second element of translingual Rosmarus.

Formen

Plural: morses

Morrison · A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.morrow · To dawn Morrow · A Scottish surname.

morse · A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.

Morse · A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Morris,…mort · Death; especially, the death of game in hunting.Mort · A surname.

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