An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. morghen, morgen; Isl. morgun, morrow.

MORNING-GIFT, s. The gift conferred by a husband on his wife, on the morning after marriage.
Acts Ja. VI.

A. S. morgen-gife, Germ. morgan-geba, Teut. morghen-gave, id.

MOROWING, MOROWNING, s. Morning.
Dunbar.

Moes. G. maurgins, A. S. Isl. morgen, id.

MORT, a mort, Died, or dead.
Bannatyne Poems.

Fr. meurt, 3. p. s. ind. improperly used.

Mort, adj. Fatal; a mort cold, i. e. a deadly cold.
Ruddiman.

Mort-cloth, s. The pall carried over the corpse at a funeral, S.
Stat. Acc.

Mortfundyit, part. pa. Cold as death.
V. [Mort] and [Fundy].