"port" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /port/, [porˠt]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin portus (“harbour, port, haven, warehouse”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ang|la|portus||harbour, port, haven, warehouse}} Latin portus (“harbour, port, haven, warehouse”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} port m, {{ang-noun|m}} port m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|port}}, {{ang-decl-noun|port|portas|port|portas|portes|porta|porte|portum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], port [nominative, singular], portas [nominative, plural], port [accusative, singular], portas [accusative, plural], portes [genitive, singular], porta [genitive, plural], porte [dative, singular], portum [dative, plural]
  1. a port, a haven (a harbor or harbor-town) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-port-ang-noun-2Wwqi-nc
  2. a town, particularly one with special trading privileges Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-port-ang-noun-6ecaCf-9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: portcwēn [feminine], Portesmūþa [masculine], portgeat [neuter], portgeriht [neuter], portherepaþ [masculine], portmann [masculine], portstrǣt [feminine], portwara [masculine], portweall [masculine], portweg [masculine], portwer [masculine], portġerēfa [masculine]

Noun

IPA: /port/, [porˠt]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin porta (“gate, entrance, passage, door”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ang|la|porta||gate, entrance, passage, door}} Latin porta (“gate, entrance, passage, door”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} port m, {{ang-noun|m}} port m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|port}}, {{ang-decl-noun|port|portas|port|portas|portes|porta|porte|portum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], port [nominative, singular], portas [nominative, plural], port [accusative, singular], portas [accusative, plural], portes [genitive, singular], porta [genitive, plural], porte [dative, singular], portum [dative, plural]
  1. portal (a door or gate; an entrance) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-port-ang-noun--dhwE9sz Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 11 30 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"The Seven Sleepers\"\nnu ic wæs of þam rihtan wege mines ingeþances ac betere hit bið þæt ic eft fare ut of þysum porte ðylæs þe ic to swiðe dwelige and for-þy þonne ne cume to minum geferum þe me ær hyder sendon; gewislice ic her ongyten hæbbe þæt me hæfð gelæht fæste mines modes oferstige þæt ic nat na forgeare hu ic hit þus macige.",
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    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "port"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: port",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: port"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "port"
          },
          "expansion": "English: port",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: port"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "port"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: port",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: port"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "porta",
        "4": "",
        "5": "gate, entrance, passage, door"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin porta (“gate, entrance, passage, door”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin porta (“gate, entrance, passage, door”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "port",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "portas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "port",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "portas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "portes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "porta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "porte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "portum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "port m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "port m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "port"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "port",
        "2": "portas",
        "3": "port",
        "4": "portas",
        "5": "portes",
        "6": "porta",
        "7": "porte",
        "8": "portum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "portal (a door or gate; an entrance)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "portal",
          "portal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/port/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[porˠt]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "port"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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