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conteiner, contener, continere; cuntenier, cuntenir;
p.pr. conteignant, conteignaunt;
p.p. conteiné, contenu, contenuit, contenew, contenut, continu (conteign Calverley 224, conternuz Rot Parl¹ ii 285 ),
(sg_and_pl. contenuez Rot Parl¹ ii 19, 20, 28, etc)

FEW: continere 2/ii,1106a Gdf: contenir 2,263c GdfC: contenir 9,174a TL: contenir 2,766 DEAF: contenir DMF: contenir TLF: contenir OED: contain v. MED: conteinen v. DMLBS: continere 467a

v.trans.1to contain, hold ♦ to contain, include ♦ to keep, maintain ♦ to contain, check, restrain ♦ to dominate, hold sway over 2to contain, stipulate 3to amount to
v.intrans.1to be, exist 2to act 3to behave
v.refl.1to contain, stipulate 2to behave 3to prevent oneself (from)
p.pr. as gerund1containing 2adding up to, measuring
p.pr. as a.reliable, trustworthy
p.p.1contained 2stipulated

v.trans.

1to contain, hold:

( c.1285; MS: c.1312 ) qantes acres sunt en demeine e cunben chescune culture content par sey HENLEY² 312

( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) le bussel content cc. livres de deners BRITT i 189

♦to contain, include:

( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 ) (Parthia)content en ses enviruns Trente e trois nobles regiuns Pet Phil 723

♦to keep, maintain:

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) [Jesu Crist […] en unité de verraie creance nus contient Joshua Sermons ii 22

♦to contain, check, restrain:

( s.xii¹; MS: 1155-60 ) Tu cuntenis (Latin: Continuisti) tute la tue indignatiun Camb Ps 155.LXXXIV.3

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii² ) Sachez ben, pur nent junerat Ki sa lange ne cuntendrat Mirur¹ 142ra8

♦to dominate, hold sway over:

( s.xii¹; MS: 1155-60 ) Iluec est Benjamin petiz cuntenanz (Latin: continens) els (=the princes) Camb Ps 115.LXVII.28

2lawto contain, stipulate:

( c.1290 ) la terre contenue en le bref Fet assaver 172

( 1302 ) les deux avantdiz furent lessez a meynprise a aver les a Westmestre au jour qe fut contenu en le bref YBB 30-31 Ed I 517

( 1308-09 ) avoir regarde a la primere continue YBB Ed II i 127

( 1340 ) la summe continue en l’estatut YBB 14 Ed III 205

( 1439 ) come en le dit estatut pluis a plein est contenuz Reg Chich iii 283.9

3to amount to:

( c.1235; MS: c.1235 ) en escrit unt mis le numbre e retenu […] Nuef centz e nunante nuef la summe ad cuntenu S Aub 1404

( 1316 ) une bille de garderobe […] contenaunte trente quatre livres […] dues a W. de M. Wardrobe Debentures 440

v.intrans.

1to be, exist:

( 1308 ) nous avoms mys avaunt fyne, qe seyt la plus haut choce qe continge YBB Ed II i 15

2to act:

( 1174-75; MS: s.xii^ex ) Dunc veissiez chevaliers vistement cuntenir FANT OUP 1762

3to behave:

( s.xii^1/3; MS: s.xii^ex ) (If the wife is not chaste) Enz el lit repundra sun vis E cuntendra (var. (C: s.xiii²) Contendra soi) huntusement Lapid 46.471

( 1174-75; MS: s.xii^ex ) E li cuens d’A. cum est il cuntenant? FANT OUP 1538

( 1310 ) Et fuist examiné coment soun baroun et luy contindrent en list YBB Ed II iii 189

v.refl.

1to contain, stipulate:

( 1299 ) E tout le remenant mot por mot se contient, come est contenu en les autre deus lettres Treaty Rolls i 138

( 1337 ) solonc ceo que cestz presentz lettres se contiegnent Treaty Rolls ii 18.31

2to behave:

( s.xii^2/4; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) Devant Deu e devant la gent Se conteneient lealment Conception wace 194

( 1174-75; MS: s.xii^ex ) Cument vus vus cuntendrez, cum fol u cume sage FANT OUP 377

( s.xiii^1/4; MS: s.xiii^m ) coment se cuntenent tes armes? Ch Guill 625

( 1214; MS: 1214-16 ) Mais qe trestoz generaument Soi contensissent umblement S Greg 1215

3to prevent oneself (from):

( a.1399; MS: a.1399 ) nulle de eux se purroit continere de ploure Anon Chr¹ 94.33

p.pr. as gerund

1containing:

( 1342 ) nous avons entenduz voz lettres […] contenantes coment vus avez trovez […] King’s Bench vi 15

( 1378-79 ) un autre boiste contin’ garnatz TNA E101/400/6

2adding up to, measuring:

( 1377 ) draps irreis apellez Fryseware […] ne continent [l]angure ne laeure come autres draps de raye e de colour TNA SC 8/14/657

( 1419 ) Un boord cloith contenant vj verges Royal Witch 99

p.pr. as a.

reliable, trustworthy:

( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv¹ ) Des plus hauz e [des] plus vaillianz, Des plus sages, meuz contenanz S Edm Life ANTS 854

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) cil ki serunt en seinte Eglise truvé leal, contenant serrunt sauf Joshua Sermons ii 10

p.p.

1contained:

( 1278 ) ceo qe est contenu en le escrit Stats i 48 iv

( 1421 ) le tenure de quele escripture […] contenuz en un cedule King’s Bench vii 255

2stipulated:

( 1307 ) […] dount les payes ne sunt mie faites a jours contenuz Carlisle 434.3

en contenant

in the space of:

( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 ) les duze signes trescurt […] En vint e set jurs cuntenanz Pet Phil 1841

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