[contretenir] (s.xii¼)
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[contretenir] (s.xii¼)

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[ FEW: 13/i,215a tenere; Gdf: 2,280c contretenir; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,807 contretenir; DEAF:  tenir 1 (contretenir); DMF:  contretenir; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 474c contratenere ]
cuntretenir  

v.a.

1to oppose, resist: 
( s.xii¼; MS: s.xiv1 )  Altre beste veient venir Qui bien le deit cuntretenir  928
( MS: s.xiiiin )  (the Bretons assemble their fleet) Pur lur terre recovrir revindrent, Mais li Engleis la lor cuntretindrent Sis chacierent par force e par poeir Desqu'en Guales  781.16
2to hold back, prevent from moving: 
( c.1170 )  sa main met al bastun, Si l’asaie de traire a sei Mais la merite del saint rei A le bastun cuntretenu  5866
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