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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɔːl.fɹi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-palfrey.wav Forms: palfreys [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English palfrey, from Anglo-Norman palefrei (“steed”), from Old French palefroi, palefreid, from Late Latin paraverēdus (“post horse, spare horse”), from Ancient Greek παρά (pará) + Latin verēdus (“post horse”), from Gaulish *werēdos (“horse”) (compare Welsh gorwydd (“horse”)), from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos (“horse”). Doublet of prad. Compare Dutch paard and German Pferd. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|palfrey}} Middle English palfrey, {{der|en|xno|palefrei|t=steed}} Anglo-Norman palefrei (“steed”), {{der|en|fro|palefroi}} Old French palefroi, {{der|en|LL.|paraverēdus|t=post horse, spare horse}} Late Latin paraverēdus (“post horse, spare horse”), {{der|en|grc|παρά}} Ancient Greek παρά (pará), {{der|en|la|verēdus|t=post horse}} Latin verēdus (“post horse”), {{der|en|cel-gau|*werēdos|t=horse}} Gaulish *werēdos (“horse”), {{cog|cy|gorwydd|t=horse}} Welsh gorwydd (“horse”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*uɸoreidos|t=horse}} Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos (“horse”), {{doublet|en|prad}} Doublet of prad, {{cog|nl|paard}} Dutch paard, {{cog|de|Pferd}} German Pferd Head templates: {{en-noun}} palfrey (plural palfreys)
  1. (historical) A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women for riding (contrasted with a warhorse). Tags: historical Categories (lifeform): Horses Translations (small horse): palafrè [masculine] (Catalan), palafré [Valencian, masculine] (Catalan), palefroot [historical, masculine, rare] (Dutch), paradĉevalo (Esperanto), palfrey-hevonen (Finnish), palefroi [masculine] (French), palafrén [masculine] (Galician), Zelter [masculine] (German), palafreno [masculine] (Italian), ポールフリ (pōrufuri) (Japanese), paraverēdus [Late-Latin, masculine] (Latin), palefroy [masculine] (Middle French), palefreid [masculine] (Old French), palefrei [masculine] (Old French), palafré [masculine] (Old Occitan), palafrém [masculine] (Portuguese), buiestraș [masculine] (Romanian), бахма́т (baxmát) [masculine] (Russian), palafrén [masculine] (Spanish)

Noun [Middle English]

Forms: palfreys [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman palefrei (“steed”), from Old French palefroi, from Late Latin paraverēdus (“post horse, spare horse”), from Ancient Greek παρά (pará) + Latin verēdus (“post horse”), from Gaulish *werēdos (“horse”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos (“horse”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|palefrei||steed}} Anglo-Norman palefrei (“steed”), {{der|enm|fro|palefroi}} Old French palefroi, {{der|enm|LL.|paraverēdus||post horse, spare horse}} Late Latin paraverēdus (“post horse, spare horse”), {{der|enm|grc|παρά}} Ancient Greek παρά (pará), {{der|enm|la|verēdus||post horse}} Latin verēdus (“post horse”), {{der|enm|cel-gau|*werēdos||horse}} Gaulish *werēdos (“horse”), {{der|enm|cel-pro|*uɸoreidos||horse}} Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos (“horse”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} palfrey, {{enm-noun}} palfrey (plural palfreys)
  1. palfrey Categories (lifeform): Horse breeds
    Sense id: en-palfrey-enm-noun-4sJVdMaq Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Christabel. Part I.”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 8:",
          "text": "Five warriors seiz'd me yestermorn, / Me, even me, a maid forlorn: / They choked my cries with force and fright, / And tied me on a palfrey white. / The palfrey was as fleet as wind, / And they rode furiously behind.",
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          "ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 154–155:",
          "text": "The eye of father and sister alike forgot every other object while watching the evolutions of the young and graceful boy, who realised the descriptions of romance as, his golden curls dancing on the wind, his cheek flushed with exercise, and his large blue eyes dilated and flashing with triumph, he ruled the snow-white palfrey by a wave of the hand and an imperceptible pressure of the knee. It seemed as if the docile creature intuitively divined his will.",
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      "sense": "small horse",
      "word": "paradĉevalo"
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      "word": "palfrey-hevonen"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "palafrén"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "small horse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Zelter"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "palafreno"
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      "word": "ポールフリ"
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      "word": "palafré"
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      "word": "palafrém"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "buiestraș"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "small horse",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "бахма́т"
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      "code": "es",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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