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encontraire (s.xiiiex)
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encontraire (s.xiiiex)

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encontrere,  encontrire;  encontrerie;  encountrere;  ancontrere (l. aucontrere)  
  FEW:  contrarius *2/ii,1120b Gdf:  encontraire 3,113c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  encontraire  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

on the other hand: 
( s.xiv2; MS: c.1400 )  Issint vraiment chescun maveys encountrere (l. en countrere?) sera honuree (Latin: Quisque vero malus sic econtra exhonorabitur) , issint q’en tout temps degetté al dominacioun dez vermez soit subject  Lichfield 70

a.

antagonistic, hostile: 
( 1310-20 )  ganyent e venkeyent caunc qe estoient lur encontreries  Qu Mary’s Ps 29r
encontraire de
contraire1
faire encontraire a
to be importunate to: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  (love) Ne me fra mes encontrere  (ed. en contrere)  Rom 15 (Dd.10.31) 250.33
faire encontraire de
contraire1
faire a l’encontraire
to contravene, violate, infringe: 
( 1350-51 )  [...] qe ceux qe font a l’encontraire soient puniz  Rot Parl1 ii 227
turner encontraire
contraire1

See also:

contraire1  encontre1 
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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