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English
Etymology
See morsel.
Noun
morcel (plural morcels)
- Obsolete spelling of morsel.
- 1896, W. M. Metcalfe and John Barbour, Legends of the Saints, published 1896, page 74:
- Bvt he to comfort vs one ane sad “to qyham I gyf now ye morcel of bred of jow,
- 1821 April 20, in Henry Stratford Persse, To the Land of the Free from This Island of Slaves, Cork University Press (1998), page 88:
- We continue to enjoy fine weather. The turf is getting dry and cheap but potatoes are eight pence per stone. Mr Bogonier has not one single morcel of food.
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