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maforte

maforte, ~tis, ~tium, mafora, mafors [LL], mafortia [LLgl.; < Heb.; cf. Gk. μαφόρτης, μαφόριον] , woman’s head-dress, veil, wimple, or sim.; b (in gl. identified w.) mantle or other garment; c (in gl. defined as) bag, purse; d (w. ref. to supposed deriv. from Mavors, cf. Isid. Etym. XIX 25. 4). pulla capitis velamina candidis et coloratis ~tibus [v. l. mavortibus; gl.: velaminibus, wimplum, orlum] cedunt, quae vittarum nexibus assutae talotenus prolixius dependunt Aldh. VirgP 58 p. 318; ~te, scyfla GlC M 9; 9‥ ~s, scyfele WW; ~am quam habebat optimam ac nitidissimam in votivum parat obsequium Gosc. Wulfh. 13; [Paulus] deinde valedicens fratribus benedixit, sibique oculos de Plautille ~a ligavit Ord. Vit. II 2 p. 265 (ed. Prévost) (cf. ib. p. 264: pannum, quo caput ejus tegebatur; Passio S. Pauli 16: ligans sibi de Plautillae ~te oculos); ~tes, operimenta capitum mulierum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 366; p1191 togam pro podere / succinctus per fora / et mafora / pro mitra comptus temere / componere / gradum novit per littora (Pol. Poems) EHR V 319; ~a, A. a voluper WW.  b peplum, ~tem GlC P359; teretrum [i. e. theristrum], ~tis Ib. T116.  c ~tia, marsupium, bursa, moculus, loculus, crumena Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 366.  d ~tiam, res quae ad Mafortem pertinet GlC M62.

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