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content1 (1212)

content1 (1212)

contant,  contence,  conteng,  contenge,  contenk,  contens,  contenz;  cuntent  
  FEW:  contentio 2/ii,1103a Gdf:  content 1 2,263c GdfC: TL: content 3 2,767 DEAF:  contemner (content)  DMF:  content 1  TLF: OED:  content n.3  MED:  content n.3  DMLBS:

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1disagreement, argument
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Salemon En soi par inquisition De plusors (=authors) lu contenz receit Por enquerre quei plus dreit seit  Dial Greg SATF 14579
( c.1276 )  le Evesque ne veut pas ke de ore en avant eyt […] matiere de contens entre luy e le Priour  PONTISSARA ii 665.2
( 1277 ) Fet aremenbrer ke cum divers contenks e dissensions fussent entre le noble ber Sire Eadmund [...] e sire Wautier  BRONESCOMBE 254
2struggle
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Maufé se peine de l’asaillir, Li bon vassel de bien tenir. […] Set anz […] Li dura cil dur content  S Modw 4630
3fight, brawl
( 1302 )  Contenge sourdy entre eux, e H. fut batou  YBB 30-31 Ed I 107
a content
in rivalry, emulation
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Totes lor proies lu offrirent, Boefs, vaches […] com a contenz  Dial Greg SATF 13864
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  lors veissiez sanz fable La gent venir com a contenz A presse, par milliers, par senz  S Greg 2059
mettre content a
to object to
( 1303 )  le priour a cele ordinance mist content  YBB 30-31 Ed I 491

See also:

conteck  contest 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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