Obs.–1 [ad. OF. sordre, sourdre, etc.:—L. surgĕre to rise. Cf. SORD sb.] intr. To rise or soar up in flight.
14[?]. Harl. MS. 2340 fol. 49 b, in Phil. Soc. Trans. (1909), 28. It spryngyth or sordyth vp sodenly be hym.
