Morfound
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Catarrh or coldlike illness. obsolete, rare, uncountable
"Cough and morfound."
- 1 To affect (an animal or person) with catarrh or coldlike illness. obsolete, rare, transitive
"As doth an hors morfounded by the waye / Whiche none accompte doth set by sporre ne thynge"
Example
More examples"As doth an hors morfounded by the waye / Whiche none accompte doth set by sporre ne thynge"
Etymology
From Middle English morfounden, morefounden (“to take cold”), from Middle French morfondre (“to chill, to cool”), from Franco-Provençal mor, more (“snout”) + Middle French fondre (“to melt”), where the first part comes from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), and the second from Latin fundere. Cognate with French morfondre. The noun is inherited from Middle English mareffownd, mareffownde, likely from the Middle English morfounden, morefounden (“to take cold”).
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