Middle English Dictionary Entry
portūre n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | portūre n.(1) Also portǒure. |
| Etymology | OF portëure, porture bearing, carriage. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Behavior, demeanor; bearing, carriage; faire ~.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)246 : Al-to nobleie of þe worlde his continaunce he brouȝte; Of swuche porture neuere Man i-holde nas, þei oþur were is þouȝte.
- c1300 SLeg.Bridget(1) (LdMisc 108)3 : Þis Maide bi-gan wel ȝong to beo of porture hende; Þare ne scholde vil dede ne word neuere fram hire wende.
- c1300 SLeg.Swithin (Hrl 2277)25 : He teiȝte him such portoure þat to a such child bicome.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)54/3 : Of fair porture þis maide was & stable in Godes lore.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)16604 : Pirrus is knyght..Off ffair porture, of gode aray.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)1247b : She was a lovely creature..of fayre porture.
- a1500(?a1425) Ipom.(2) (Hrl 2252)121 : Thoughe a man wold all þis day Hyr beaute discryve, he coude not sey All hyr worshyp ne hyr porture.