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continuelment (1155)
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continuelment (1155)

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continualment,  continuament,  continuaument,  continuelement,  continuellement,  continuément,  continueuement  (contenuelment  GAUNT2 i 171,  contenuiement  St Sard 89)  
  FEW:  continuus 2/ii,1109b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  continuellement 9,176b TL: continüel (continüelment)  DEAF:  continu (continüelment)  DMF:  continuellement  TLF:  continuel  OED:  continually adv.  MED:  continuel(l)i adv.  DMLBS: ∅

adv.

1continuously, permanently: 
( 1260; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Seisine recoveré par play si tient continuelment dekes il seit defet par play  Brev Plac 197
( 1415-22 )  s'aucun chevalier de ladicte compaignie par devocion voulra [sic] demourer en ladicte maison continuellement, [...]  Garter Stats1 305
♦continuously, uninterruptedly: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Leir tint l'enor vivement Seissante anz continuelment  Brut WACE 1668
( 1285 )  facent la veille continuelement tute la nuit  Stats i 97 iv
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  qe Justices demurgent continuelment a Westmoster […] a pleder communs pletz  BRITT i 5
( 1300; MS: s.xivin )  Cardiake est une passion ke fet le cors suer continuément  A-N Med ii 167
( 1313 )  J. et ces auncestres continuément unt tenu le maner  YBB Ed II xiv.ii 92
( 1346 )  il ad servi ma dite dame la royne .xv. ans continuément sanz […]  Northumb 102
2continually, repeatedly: 
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Nous avoms mys avant contenuelment nous excepciouns  Nov Narr 343
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  les dis comandementz, les quels j’ai trespassez mult sovent et continualment  Sz Med1 129
( 1432 )  la dite suppliante, meintenant et continualment […] par longe temps pursuyt […]  Rot Parl1 iv 416
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