contrition (s.xii1)
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contrition (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1105a conterere; Gdf: 2,282c contricion; GdfC: 9,188a contrition; TL: 2,810 contricïon; DEAF:  contricïon; DMF:  contrition; TLF:  contrition; OED:  contrition n.; MED:  contricioun n.; DMLBS: 476a contritio ]
contricion,  contricione,  contricioun,  contriciun,  contritiun;  cuntritiun  

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1break, breach, devastation: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Tu commous la terre e derumpis li; saine ses cuntritiuns (Latin: contritiones)  102.LIX.2
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Deus commovee ad la tere E trublee en sun afeire. Sane Deus les contriciuns Kar mise est en commociuns  152va27
♦soundcrashing sound: 
( MS: s.xivm )  Sophonias […] oit […] la contricioun de les tertres  3vb
2theol.contrition: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  en la contrition del quer  20085
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Penaunce ové contricion […] e ové humili[té] enchace l’enemy del quer  39.19
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