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contrecours (s.xii1)
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contrecours (s.xii1)

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cuntrecurs  
  FEW:  cursus *2/ii,1576a Gdf:  contrecors 2,272b GdfC: ∅ TL: contrecors 2,290 DEAF:  contre (contrecors)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  counter-course n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

return course: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  El soleil posat sun tabernacle [...], del suvrain ciel ses eissemenz, e sun cuntrecurs desque a la suvrainetet de lui  Oxf Ps ANTS 52.18.7
au, en contrecours de
in meeting, welcoming: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Esdrece tei el mien cuntrecurs  Oxf Ps ANTS 75.58.5
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  chauntauntz et mesnantz caroles en contrecours del roi Saul  Samuel ANB 79.1033

See also:

encontrecurement 
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