Sord
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A flock of mallards. obsolete, rare
""Oh, I, well, I too fell into error, for I frittered away my morning in stalking yonder exaltation of larks, thinking they were dunlin, and in doing so disturbed the only sord of mallards on the whole marsh.""
- 2 Obsolete form of sward. alt-of, obsolete
"This is the prettieſt Lovv-borne Laſſe, that euer / Ran on the greene-ſord: […]"
Example
More examples""Oh, I, well, I too fell into error, for I frittered away my morning in stalking yonder exaltation of larks, thinking they were dunlin, and in doing so disturbed the only sord of mallards on the whole marsh.""
Etymology
From Middle English sowrde, from Old French sourdre (“to rise”), that is, "to rise in flight, as a flock of birds", from Latin surgō. Related to surge.
See sward.
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