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portian

(v.)
Grammar
portian, p. ode
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To pound, bray in a mortar Ðeáh ðú portige ðone dysegan on pílan swá mon corn ðéþ mid piilstæfe ne meaht ðú his dysi him from ádrífan si contuderis stultum in pila, quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus, Past. 37, 2

Linked entries: pyrtan ge-portian

portian

(v.)
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Add: v. ge-portian

ge-portian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-portian, p. ode; pp. od

To beat, poundcontundĕre

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To beat, pound; contundĕre Geporta ða wyrta tosomne pound the herbs together, Lchdm. iii. 4, 10

port-mann

(n.)
Grammar
port-mann, es; m.
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A towns-man, citizen Portman civis, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 39. Eádgár æþeling corn mid eallum Norþhymbram tó Eoferwíc, and ða portmenn wið hine griðedon, Chr. 1068 ; Erl. 207, 2. Se port-geréfa and ða yldostan portmenn ( of Ephesus ), Homl.

port-mann

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On portmanna hundan hvlle, C. D. vi. 41, 19. Æt Portmanna hýðe, 49, 22. [v. N. E. D. port-man]. Add

ceaster-gewara

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-gewara, an; m.
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A citizen Ceastergewara (cestergewaru, v. l.) oððe portman avis, Ælf. Gr. Z. 318, 7. Þes and þeós ceastergewara hic et haec civis, 53, 12. Ceastergewara (-geware, -gewaran, v. ll.) civis, 11, 16. Cæstergewara concivis, Hy. S. 55, 31.

Linked entry: ge-wara