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covent2 (c.1136-37)

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covent2 (c.1136-37)

covant;  convent,  cuvent  
  FEW:  conventum 2/ii,1130b Gdf:  covent 2,348c GdfC: TL: covent 2,986 DEAF:  covent 1  DMF:  convent  TLF: OED: MED:  covaunt n.  DMLBS:  convenire (p.ppl.) 

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1agreement, promise
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Par cel covent s’entrebaiserent, Ces covenanz bien tenuz erent  GAIMAR1 4353
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  E quant il l’avra rendu, e cil bien le prent, Ne li deit en nule curt desdire le cuvent  FANT OUP 285
2terms, conditions
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  […] lor covint maleit gré lour […] le grant tort chier comparer […] Ore en orrez par qual covant  Dial Greg SATF 740
par tel covent cum, que
1 with the promise that
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Sul cent mesures nus donez. Par tel covent le recevrai [...] Que ja meinz n’en i troverez Quant vus al mesurer vendrez  S Nichol wace 309
2on condition that
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  si me faites rendre m’onur. [Par] tel covent cum jo l’avrai, Chascun [de vus] s’onur rendrai  GAIMAR1 1879
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  El me dona ses duns mult beaus par tiel covent Ke li mustrasse Horn  Horn 678
aver en covent a
to promise
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  ‘Sire,’ fait li messagier, ‘jol vus ai en cuvent’  FANT OUP 352
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  Jeo ly oy en covent Devaunt toute ma gent Par taunt ke soie viffs Ne li vodroie pis  Cor Lai 379
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  […] Si cum en cuvent li aveit  Josaphaz2 1303
tenir covent a
to keep faith with
( c.1185 )  Il li ad ben tenu covent  Proth ANTS 7769
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  rehet […] De rien promettre […] Dunt ne peust tenir cuvent A cel malade  S Modw 4487
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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