contencer (s.xii2/4)
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contencer (s.xii2/4)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1103b contentio; Gdf: 2,262a contencier; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,763 contencier; DEAF:  contençon (contencier); DMF:  contencier; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 465a contentare 1 ]
cuntencer  

v.n.

1to be opposed to: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Madoc bailla les lettres, qui de l’aler contence  4289
2to strive: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Sun cheval brochet, ki del curre cuntence  1591
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