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contremettre (s.xii/xiii)
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contremettre (s.xii/xiii)

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cuntremettre  
  FEW:  mittere 6/ii,191a Gdf:  contremettre 2,276a GdfC: ∅ TL: contremetre  DEAF:  metre 2 (contremetre)  DMF:  contremettre  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to oppose: 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  oppositum: (O) cuntre mis (var. (C: xiiiex) acontre mise)  TLL ii 48
2lawto lay against, lay to one’s charge: 
( 1260; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  B. li contremist que nul dreit en cele terre ne pout  Brev Plac 95
( 1327 )  le jour qe les felonies avantditz primes lui furent contremis  Northumb 150
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