contreturner (c.1275)

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contreturner (c.1275)

[ FEW: 13/ii,75a tornare; Gdf: 2,281b contretorner; GdfC: ; TL: 2,808 contretorner; DEAF:  torner (contretorner); DMF:  contretourner; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

v.a.

1to turn back
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  pus la roe (=of water-mill) si contreturnerent Ke le cheytif (=a drowned priest) en fu retret […] endreyt du gulet  7052
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