portere1 (s.xiiex)

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portere1 (s.xiiex)

[ gdw]

[ FEW: 9,223a portarius; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: 7,1606 portiere 1; DEAF:  portier (portiere); DMF:  portière 2; TLF:  portier (portière); OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 2353c portarius ]
portiere  

s.f.

1occupationfemaleportress, female door-keeper
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Isboseth [...] fist folement: mist une femme a gardir la porte [...] Ceste portere se cuche a dormir [...]  187.25
fig.female gate-keeper, woman or concept that controls access
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Abstinence est merveillose portiere: N’i entre vice a l’entree nel fiere, Fait le chair e tresbuchier arriere; Obedience est par desus claviere  889
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Du ciel Almoisne est la portiere, Qui tous les soens [...] Y laist entrer quant om le quiert  15724
porte#1  porter#1  porterage  porterie  portice  porticés  portlatin 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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