contesse (1155)
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contesse (1155)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,940b comes; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,143a comtesse; TL: 2,772 contesse; DEAF:  conte 1 (contesse); DMF:  comtesse; TLF:  comte; OED:  countesse n.; MED:  countes(se n.; DMLBS: 390a comitissa ]
countasse,  counteise,  countés,  countesse;  cuntesse;  comitesse (l. countesse?)  1544,  contaesse  iii 561a,  counttays  133,  cuntasce  

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1femalestatuscountess: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Tant pur le cunte guerreier Tant pur la cuntesse aprismer  8640
( MS: s.xiii2 )  cometissa: cuntesse  ii 25
( 1310 )  Isabel la Contesse de A.  Ed II iii 196
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  un conte, une contesse  51.8
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  le dite counte […] ou sa feme la counteise  60.2
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1279 )  Agnes Cuntasce  Countess
( 1327 )  John le Contesse  Countess
conte#2  conté  contour#1 
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