Middle English Dictionary Entry
portred ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | portred ppl. Also portered, -tured & purtred. |
| Etymology | From portraien v.; modeled on OF portrait, ppl. of portraire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Portrayed or depicted; (b) decorated with drawings, paintings, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- a1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)1465 : Þere was purtred in ston Þe fylesoferus euerychon.
- a1500 God of hewine (Tit A.26)160 : He bare portred Far and nere Owyr lady and her sonne dere.
- a1550(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Sln 1873)2842 : Some fornacis may be well vside..The most commendable fassion of them all In this boke porturide fynde ye shall.
b
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)192 : Þat cloister..was pilered and peynt & portred [vr. porteryd] well clene.