portere

Latin

Verb

portēre

1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of portō

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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Noun

portere m

1. citizen, burgher
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Ende den scepenen van velseke teuoirst dat der boidin molniser van dalle(m) vercochte den hare henricke van den putte portere van ghint...

     And to the aldermen of velseke foremost, that the lord Boidin Molniser of Dallem sold to the lord Henrick van den Putte, citizen of Ghent...

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: poorter

Further reading

• “portere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “portere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I