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  • Hé cleacode swíðe earhlíce tó porte

    (Ephesus) . . .

    Þá hé fulgehende wið ðæs portes geate eóde,
      Hml. S. 23, 493-498.
  • Hí sumne man ofslógon of þám porte

    (Dover),

      Chr. 1052; P. 173, 25.
  • Hí hergodon and bærndon on Wiðreceastrescíre forð ꝥ hí cómon tó porte sylfan (Worcester), and woldon ðæne port bærnen, 1087; P. 223, 13. II a.

    town

    as opposed to country :-- Hé beád ꝥ ǽlc man þe wǽre unníðing sceolde cuman tó him of porte and of uppelande,
      Chr. 1087; P. 224, 34.
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