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atente1 (s.xii1)
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atente1 (s.xii1)

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atent,  attent,  attente  
  FEW:  attendere 25,710b Gdf:  atente 1 1,472b GdfC:  atente 8,226c TL: atente 1,636 DEAF:  atendre (atente)  DMF:  attente 1  TLF:  attendre  OED:  attent n.  MED:  attente n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1wait, delay: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Mielz valt fuie que fole atente  Brut WACE 4623
( MS: s.xii4/4 ) Ma lunge atente a grant duel m’est revenue  S Alexis2 443
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  pus aprés en long atent [Y] mistrent meyn par un assent  S Paul 187
( 1305 )  pur la lunge demoere e atente  Rot Parl1 i 467
( 1314 )  sancz nule manere de excusacion ou de plus long attente  King’s Bench iii.cxxiii
( 1318 )  ce serroit grant profit de li et de eux de si tost seisir et aver meisme tieu chateux. Car par l’attent asis en eire avenent grantz damages au roi  Rot Parl2 70
2expectation, hope: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  La meie atente (Latin: Praestolatio) tu ies  Camb Ps 67.XXXVIII.9
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Por desirier e por atente D’aveir enfant est lor entente  Conception wace 217
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  ele ne delaie mie, Quant ele veit ke l’em la prie De queor parfit et sanz feintise, Ke ad s’atente en lui mise  Mir N-D 133.108
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  en l’esperance k’aveit einz eu, e atente d’aver cum sage en ciel pardurable eritage  S Rich ANTS 315
♦lawper consequens: 
( 1340 )  vous averez une atteynte  YBB 14-15 Ed III 217
sur l’atente de
in the expectation of, whilst awaiting: 
( c.1383; MS: s.xivex )  nous voillons bien q’il ait ycel offys sur l’attente d’un meillour  SAMPS1 401
estre en atente
to delay, tarry: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Trop sui en lunge atente pur mun seignur aidier  FANT OUP 970

See also:

atteinte  entente3  suratente 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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