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port-cwén

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
port-cwén, e ; f.
A harlot, woman of the town
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  • Portcuoene ł synnful

    peccatrix,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 37. 39.
  • Mið portcuoenum

    meretricibus,

      15, 30.
  • Portcuoenes meretricis, Rtl. 106, 28, Portcuoene

    meretrici,

      106, 30.
  • Portcuoeno

    meretrices,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 31, 32.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. port-kona a harlot; port-hús a brothel; port-lífi prostitution.]
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