palfrey

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Here be two gold bezants for a day's use of the brute; it is well worth the fee-simple of him, were he never returned But the palfrey is an old acquaintance, master," said Raoul; "and if perchance Out upon if and perchance both," said the dame, giving her husband so determined a thrust as well-nigh pushed him out of the saddle.

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  1. noun Archaic A saddle horse, especially one for a woman to ride.

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  • Alberic dismounted and aided Gwendolyn down from her palfrey, then led his wife to their beaming hostess. —  MIDNIGHT MAGIC
  • So she mounted her palfrey, and rode away from Arundel Castle. —  The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel
  • The trappings of her palfrey were of finest embroidery, her bridle was a chain of gold From the palfrey's mane hung little silver bells, nine-and-fifty little silver bells. —  Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children
  • Upon a milkwhite palfrey, as formerly, sat a noble maiden in bridal state, clothed in undulating robes bordered with fur. —  Legends of the Rhine
  • Thereupon the emperor mounted his palfrey, the saddest man that mortal ever saw, and went forth towards Rome And thus he was during the space of a week. —  The Mabinogion Vol. 2 (of 3)
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  1. Middle English, from Old French palefrei, from Medieval Latin palafrēdus, alteration of Late Latin paraverēdus, post horse for secondary routes, extra horse : Greek para, extra, beyond; see per1 in Indo-European roots + Latin verēdus, post horse (of Celtic origin; see reidh- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Middle English palfrey, palefrey, palefrai, palefrei, from Old French palefrei, palefreid, palefroi, palefray, pallefroy, palefroy, French palefroi = Provencal palafre, palafrei = Spanish palafren = Portuguese palafrem = Italian palafreno, a palfrey, = Dutch paard = Middle Low German pert = Old High German parafrid, parevrit, parefret, parfrit, pherfrit, pferfrit, Middle High German pferit, pharit, pfert, German pferd, a horse, from Middle Latin paraveredus, paravredus, parafredus, palafredus, parefredus, an extra post-horse, from Greek παρά beside, + Middle Latin veredus, post-horse, perhaps from Latin vehere, draw, + rheda, ræda, reda, a traveling-carriage; prob. of Celtic origin.
 

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/ˈpɔlfri/
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