conte2 (c.1120)
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conte2 (c.1120)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,940b comes; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,142c comte; TL: 2,751 conte 1; DEAF:  conte 1; DMF:  comte; TLF:  comte; OED:  count n.2; MED:  count n.2; DMLBS: 388a comes 1 ]
cont,  count,  counte,  cunt,  cunte;  comte;  queon,  quoen,  quouen,  conpta  42,  countee  86,  cuncte  2787; 
sg. coens,  cons,  cuns; 
sg. quens,  queons,  quiens,  quins,  quons,  quont  

s.

1titlecount, earl: 
( MS: c.1120 )  Par mi les rues an venent si grantz turbes, Ne reis ne quons n'i poet faire entrarote  514
( c.1160; MS: s.xiiim )  U fille a rei u fille a cunte  299
( 1213; MS: 1213 )  la mort al queon Th.  125vb
( MS: s.xiii2 )  comitis: del cunte  ii 25
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  sa terre comandoit Al quiens de Cornewaille  244.223
conte mareschal
mareschal
conte de paleis
titlestatusEarl Palatine (enjoying special royal franchises): 
( 1343 )  L’evesqe est counte de Paleys, par quei vicounte ne nul autre se deit meller deinz sa fraunchise  17 Ed III 475
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