portal (c.1170)

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portal (c.1170)

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[ FEW: 9,199b porta; Gdf: 6,312c portal; GdfC: 10,379c portail; TL: 7,1577 portal 1; DEAF:  porte (portail); DMF:  portail 1 / portal 1; TLF:  portail; OED:  portal n.1; MED:  portal n.; DMLBS: 2353a portale /2353a portallum ]

pl. portaux,  porteus  

s.

1archit.portal, gate, large entrance-way to a walled city, castle, etc.
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Si s'en vet cunreé dreit al mestre portal  2001
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  l’obesqe celestial Chantoient devant el portal (Latin: ante fores cellulae)  15752
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Il vint a Varlam [...] Une cité nobile [...]. Vent s’en li clers e entre a un maistre portal. Un palois perrin trove  15
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  ausi cum il se returna Et hors de la porte ala, Une pere du portal Mort abate le vassal  4379
( 1323-25 )  les murs e les porteus du dit chasteu esteyent abatus en plusors lus  91
fig.gateway, point of entrance
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  no primer parent (=Adam), Qui de sa bouche le portal Overy, e puis ficha le dent El pomme  16461
porte#1  porter#1  porterage  portere#1  porterie  portice  porticés  portlatin 
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