statusroyal, sovereign:
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Pas nel chaungereie pur nul rei palain
728
(
MS: c.1225
)
Quant les dames e m[e]schines E cuntesses palaines Unt les queors f[alsaines]
B6.5
statuscourtier, member of a court or royal palace:
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Od lui .xv. valez ki erent de sun lin - N'[en] i ot ne fust fiz de bon palain
(O) 10
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Issi firent cil palain, Car iceus ke lur prechein cusin Esteint, encuserent au rei
243
(
s.xiii1/4;
MS: s.xiiim
)
E l'ewe li tint le paleim Bertram, Guiburc li aportad la tualie devant
3478
palain (1170)