[MR] FORT Cost

[Michael Houghton]

Howdy!

Bryce noted:

> This fort (which is a perfectly period form of address
> for a castle) is a bargein under any circumstances.
> 
Well, according to the OED, "fort", in the sense of a military
strongpoint, first appeared in English in the mid 16th century.
"fortalice/fortalyce" appeared a century earlier with a substantially
similar meaning (and apparently in the same etymological tree as
"fortalezza".

yours,
Herveus
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