morteys

Middle English

Alternative forms

mortays, mortase, mortas, moreteis, morteyse, mortasse, mortes, morteis

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French mortaise, from Arabic مورتاز‎ (murtazz, “fastened”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔrˈtɛi̯s/, /ˈmɔrtis/

Noun

morteys

A orifice, hole, or hollow.
(rare) A mortise (hole for a tenon)

Descendants

English: mortise, mortice

References

“morteis(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-07.

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