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[controvement] (s.xii1)
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[controvement] (s.xii1)

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contrevement,  controevement,  cuntruvement  
  FEW:  *tropare 13/ii,318b Gdf:  controvement 2,283c GdfC: ∅ TL: controvement 2,811 DEAF:  controver (controvement)  DMF:  controuvement  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

invention, untruth: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Dune a els sulunc lur ovres e sulunc la felunie de lur cuntruvemenz  Oxf Ps ANTS 57.27.5
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiiiex )  (the nun keeps her vision secret) Kar mut duta la male gent, S'en eust parlé, contrevement Tost deist ke fust  Assump Vision 234
( 1406 )  ycelles persones et lour faux controevementz  Rot Parl1 iii 584
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