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palfrey|ˈpɔːlfrɪ, ˈpæl-|
Forms: 2–4 palefrai, 3 -frei, -fray, 3–4 -frey, 4 palfre, 4–6 -frei, 4–7 -fray, 4– palfrey, (5 palfroy(e, 5–7 -freie, -freye, -fraie, -fraye, 6 paulfrey, pawlfre, 7 palfery, palefroy, palphrie, -frie, -fry, 8 -phry).
[ME. a. OF. palefrei, in 11th c. palefreid (later palefroy, -froi:—late L. palafrēd-us, by dissimilation from parafrēdus, -vrēdus (in Capit. Charlemagne):—late L. paraverēdus (6th c.), f. Gr. παρά beside, extra + verēdus light horse, post-horse. Cognate Romanic forms are Pr. palafre, -frei, Sp. † palafré, palafren, Pg. palafrem, It. palafreno; in med.L. also parefredus, -fridus, palafridus, palefredus, -fridus, palfredus, pala-, palefrenus: see Du Cange. The forms in -frenus, -freno, -fren (whence palfrenier), show popular association with L. frēnum, It. freno bridle, rein.
Parafrēdus also passed into German: OLG. parafrid, parevrit; MLG. pęrid, LG. perd, MDu. paert, Du. paard; OHG. pfarifrid, pfęrfrit; MHG. pfęrit; Ger. pferd; the ordinary word for ‘horse’.]
A saddle-horse for ordinary riding as distinguished from a war-horse; esp. a small saddle-horse for ladies. (Now Hist., or in romantic or poetic lang.)
c1175Lamb. Hom. 5 He mihte ridan..on riche stede and palefrai. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 89 Noðer stede ne palefrei, ne fair mule. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11184 Many fair palfray & stede. c1386Chaucer Prol. 207 His palfrey was as broun as is a berye. c1450Merlin xvi. 260 Thei lefte theire palfreyes and lepe upon stedes covered in maile. 1470–85Malory Arthur ii. vi, A damoysel that came ryde ful fast..on a fayr palfroy. a1547Hen. VIII in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. II. 32 Some faire white, or white gray palfreies, or geldings. 1556Withals Dict. (1568) 16 a/1 A pawlfre, cantherius candidus. 1614Chapman Maske Inns of Crt. 2 Dwarfe Palfries, with yellow foot-cloathes. 1719D'Urfey Pills (1872) IV. 10 A Palphry proud, prick'd up with Pride, Went prancing on the way. 1803Southey Queen Orraca iv. vii, Upon her palfrey she is set, And forward then they go. 1813Scott Trierm. ii. xiv, A maiden on a palfrey white. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. 9 The fair damosels of the olden time on their palfreys. 1859Tennyson Geraint & Enid 126 [He] shook his drowsy squire awake and cried, ‘My charger and her palfrey’.
b. attrib. and Comb., as palfrey-man, palfrey-mare, palfrey-money, palfrey-page.
1297Placita coram Rege m. 39 (1897) 263 Ricardus le Palfreyman. 1360–1Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 562 Perot palfraypage Prioris. a1500Mankind (Brandl 1896) 240 And ȝe were þe kynges palfrey mare. 1502Will Ep. Cicest. (Somerset Ho.), Soluendum post decessum meas domino Regi debitas pro le palfray money. 1530Palsgr. 251/1 Palfrayman, palefronier.
Hence, ˈpalfreyed a. [-ed2], provided with or riding on a palfrey.
1713Tickell On Prospect of Peace Poems (1790) 159 The bard, that tells Of palfrey'd dames, bold knights, and magic spells. |