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): /mɔrˈtæi̯s/, /ˈmɔrtis/

Noun

morteys

1. An orifice, hole, or hollow.
2. (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 7 November 2018.