1to oppose, resist:
(
1121-25;
MS: s.xiv1
)
Altre beste veient venir Qui bien le deit cuntretenir
928
(
s.xiiiin;
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
27.16
2to hold back, prevent from moving:
(
1163-70;
MS: s.xiii2
)
sa main met al bastun, Si l’asaie de traire a sei Mais la merite del saint rei A le bastun cuntretenu
5866
1
to oppose, offer resistance:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
E encor la u assis sunt E u il nul succurs n'atendent, Se contretienent e defendent
4662
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contretenir (1121-25)