atort (s.xii1)
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atort (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: *13/ii,87a torquere; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,780b tort (a tort); TL: 10,453 tort 2; DEAF:  tordre (*); DMF:  tort 1; TLF:  tort; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
 

adv.

1 wrongfully, unfairly: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Cunforté sunt ki parsiweient mei, li mien eneme, a tort (Latin: injuste)  117.LXVIII.6
♦ lawwrongfully, illegally: 
( 1260; MS: s.xiv3/3 )  ke T. ki la est atort ad treit a sei x acres de terre  163
( c.1265 )  donc deit le demaundant counter vers luy ke atort par sa guarauntie ly deforce […]  82
( 1305 )  ceux qui par force e atort e encontre la pex nostre seignur le Roys sunt entreez altrui tenementz  102
atort et atravers
atravers
tort#1 
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