controvaille (s.xii1/3)
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controvaille (s.xii1/3)

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  FEW:  *tropare 13/ii,319a Gdf:  controvaille 2,283b GdfC: ∅ TL: controvaille 2,811 DEAF:  controver (contravaille)  DMF:  controuvaille  TLF: ∅ OED:  contrival n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
contruvaille,  cuntruvaille  

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1inventiveness, creative faculty: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  E je purpenserai en tute la tue oevre, e tes contruvailles (Latin: adinventiones) parlerai  136.LXXVI.12
2invention, untruth: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: c.1200 )  En guise del deu de bataille Ki Mars ot nom senz controvaille  243.1216
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