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parei (s.xii1/3)
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The form parraie is a cross reference to the following entry:

parei (s.xii1/3)

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parai,  paraie,  paraye,  paré,  pared,  paree,  pareie,  pareit,  paret,  paretz,  parey,  pareye,  parie,  parié,  pariet;  paroi,  paroit;  parrai,  parraie,  parray,  parrei,  parreie,  parrey,  parroie,  parroye,  perri  (parere  GAUNT2 i 126,  pereie  Bible Royal 239ra ),
(pl. parieis  TLL ii 98)  
  FEW:  paries 7,652a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  paroi 10,279c TL: paroi 2 7,315 DEAF:  paroi  DMF:  paroi  TLF:  paroi  OED:  paries n.  MED:  pariet n.  DMLBS:  paries 2115a

The Latin distinction between murus and paries, that is between the external and internal wall of a roofed structure, is largely maintained in Anglo-Norman.

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1archit.(internal or external) wall, partition: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Gemmes od l'or funt grant clarté Dun li pareit sunt entailet  S Brend mup 276
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Yris [...]; Ki el rai del soleil la tient, L'arc del ciel en la parei vient:  Lapid 63.831
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  a pareit (var. (C: s.xiim) pariet) enclinede e a maisere debutede  Oxf Ps1 79.LXI.3
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Vus estes liez dedenz de quatre pareies de le encloistre  Ancren2 134.18
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Femme veugle a pareie ahurt (M.E. Blynde woman hurtith to wal)  Nominale 129
2archit.mil.defensive wall: 
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Le mur est issi fait par ceste raison, ke il ne pust jamés estre abatu: deus pareies sunt fait dedens par entreval de vint pez  vegetius2 127.2
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  les conseilla de venir a le chastelle de Berwyke, qare il savoit bien ou une pertus fuist en le parray ou ils purrount legerment entrer  Anon Chr1 125.20

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