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atrenche (c.1260)

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atrenche (c.1260)

attrenche;  atrench  (atreynche  Nov Narr 33)  
  FEW:  *trinicare *13/ii,280a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  trenchier 1 (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

adv.

lawcategorically, unreservedly
( c.1260; MS: c.1275 ) demandom jugement atrench sy [...]  Casus Plac 109
( 1292 ) Robert e Johan respondirent a trenche qe noun  Scot Docs 51
lawabsolutely, completely
( 1277 ) die altre chose u il se voile atrenk tenir e jugement prendre  Bor Cust ii 6
( 1294 ) E nus demorum a trenche a vos jugements, pur çoe ke meyme le cas est devant J. del Y. e un autre en bank pendant  YBB 21-22 Ed I 337
( 1340 ) Il n’est mye demouré atrenche, mes si la cort veit, etc.  YBB 14-15 Ed III 221
tut atrenche
lawcategorically, in a manner that admits no objection or refusal
( 1305 ) e jeo ly dye tut atrenche nemy en ceo cas  YBB 32-33 Ed I 371
lawabsolutely, completely
( 1305 ) R. […] defend tort e force, e le dreyt l’abbé […] tut atrenche, e la seisine W. […] tut outre com de fee e dreyt  YBB 32-33 Ed I 361
( 1308-09 ) La femme se prist a la defaute tut a trenche  YBB Ed II i 88
( 1469 ) s’il traverse le seisin l’auncestor tout atrench  Readings i 94
( 1469 ) defendre tout le droit le demandaunt et tout attrenche  Readings i 95
(se) prendre (tut) atrenche a
to hold firmly to
( 1292 ) se prit atrenche a la defaute  YBB 20-21 Ed I 117
( 1303 ) le demandant se prit tut atrenche a la defaute  YBB 30-31 Ed I 467
( 1318 ) Nous prenoms a la defaute tut atrenche  YBB Ed II xxii 268

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trenche1 
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