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Fiportz (1355-64)

Fiportz (1355-64)

Fipportes  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  port (fiporte)  DMF: TLF: OED:  port n.1 (the five ports)  MED:  port n.2 (the five portes)  DMLBS:
ls(loanword: compound with M.E. (?))
le

s. pl.

toponymCinque Ports, a group of sea-ports on the south-east coast of England
( 1355-64; MS: s.xivex )  auxi ne ly voloit  (ed. noloit) doner sa avaunt dit feile (=fille) , mais feigna somouns sure le Roy de Engleter a venire a soun parlement pur forfaitz qe lez Fiports avoint fait sur mere as Normauntz  Scalacronica 14
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  Les Fipportes porterount une baudekyn de drape dore (l. doré, d'ore) sour quater bastounes amount luy  Anon Chr1 109.2
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Fiportz