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conteckour (c.1292)
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conteckour (c.1292)

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conteccour,  contecour,  conteckcour,  conteckour,  contekour  (contectour (l. conteccour),  contekoeur  Deviance and Power 326,  cuntectour (l. cunteccour))  
  FEW:  taikns *17,296a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  tache (*)  DMF:  contequeur  TLF: ∅ OED:  contecker n.  MED:  contekour n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1brawler: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  […] de mellifs, et de conteckours, et de saunc espaundu  BRITT i 180
( 1339 )  Thomas [...] freit trembler de pour toutz ces vesins de Smethefeld ové sa covyne, et outre ceo est comyne cuntectour (l. cunteccour) et wakeraunt encontre la pees de nuit et de jour  Deviance and Power 325.4
( s.xiv-xv )  contectours (l. conteccours) et aultres malfacteurs  YMB ii 258
( 1406-07 )  contecours, comunes meffesours […]  Goldsmiths 322
2conspirator, intriguer: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  parmy la terre fet est grant grevaunce Par commune contekours qe sunt par fiaunce Obligez ensemble a une purviaunce  LANGTOFT thiol2 418.2317
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  U., diacne cardinal, par ascuns conteccours estoit fait evesqe de Rome  TREVET Cron1 164.7
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