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porté1 (c.1136-65)

The form portet is a cross reference to the following entry:

porté1 (c.1136-65)

ported,  portee,  portet;  purté  
  FEW:  portare 9,205b Gdf:  portee 6,314b GdfC:  portee 10,380c TL: porté 7,1582 / portee 7,1582 DEAF:  porter (portee)  DMF:  portée  TLF:  portée  OED:  portee n.  MED: DMLBS:

Michel's reading of ported in Oxf Ps1 147.CI.24 is incorrect (see Oxf Ps ANTS p. 158). The citation has been moved to the entry poité.

s.

1measure, extent
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  E il en ad dol e pitiét K'at tant geu en mal error E deguerpi sun creator, E de sun pechié la purté Regeist tote verité  Salemon 9307
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  la verité de sa (=Christian’s) creance Est la porté de sa fesance  Mirur1 136ra14
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Devum le mund descrivre [...] pur saveir La porté e l’aveir  Div Mun 46
2conduct, attitude, manner of behaving (?)
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  Thomas de Bamptoun, senescalle a une seignour, le quel fuist tenu en pais come roy ou graunde seignur pur sa graunde portee  Anon Chr1 134.11

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See also:

port2  portable  portage  portance  portatif  portelof  portemartel  portement  porteose  portepain  portepes  porter2  porteresse1  porteure1  portur1  porture1 
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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