morua

morua, ~uus, ~uum, ~uca, ~ucus, ~ucum [OF morue] , cod, kind of fish (Gadus morrhua; v. et. 5 morus; b (collect.). hic ~uus, muluel Gl. AN Glasg. f. 21ra; 1256 per totum annum capere potest unam ~uam (Newcastle-on-Tyne) BBC 330; 1265 soluti pro ij carettis cariantibus cviij ~ucas et lengas, etc. Manners 5; 1282 item vijxx xiiij ~uca et colemouth, xx s. jv d. KR Ac 4/3; 1290 ceperunt ‥ lxix pisces duros, lix ~utos Doc. Scot. I 143; a1291 in allece x d. in ~uca ix d. Househ. Ac. 163; 1325 idem Petrus pro alleis et muruca EEC 379; Willelmus de Josse pro muruca salsata Ib. 381; 1336 j muruca et j mellvellus de stauro Househ. Ac. 180; c1472 pro xvj ~uis, in anno x s. BBHouseh 109.  b 1298 in viijc allecis iij s. iiij d. et in moruco vij d. Rec. Elton 69.