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contree (1113-19)
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contree (1113-19)

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contré,  contrede,  contrethe,  controie;  countré;  cuntré,  cuntrede,  cuntree,  cuntreie;  cunctré  (cuntretha S Alexis1 20 ),
(pl. constrees  Description Prose 3.6)  
  FEW:  contra 2/ii,1111a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  contree 9,182c TL: contree 2,793 DEAF:  contre (contree)  DMF:  contrée  TLF:  contrée  OED:  country n. and adj.  MED:  countre(e n.  DMLBS:  contrata 474c

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1region, district: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Li altre ert reis de la cuntree Ki ore est Northfolke apelee  GAIMAR1 51
( 1206-15; MS: s.xiii1/4 )  cist reis [...] asist la terre e establi trente cinc contrees a sa honur  Description Prose 4.1
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  si alerent par plusours countrés de la roialme destrueaunt […]  Anon Chr1 42.11
♦area: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  del cel les cuntrees Sunt issi apelees Sulunc les divers tens  Comput ANTS 1457
♦med.region of the body: 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiii2 )  Si nescent […] les humurus, si avelent [sic] deskes en cele cuntree (=the anus)  Med Treatise 153.169
2country, land: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  E ceste piere est trovee En Inde, en icele contree  Lapid 219.470
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Et criement lui tutes les cuntredes de terre!  Oxf Ps ANTS 79.66.6
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  B. s’est alé en son contré  Boeve 1413
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ele deguerpi sa contree, En estrange liu s’en est alee  S Audree1 2792
3country, rural area (as opposed to town): 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  agrestis: de cuntré  TLL ii 170
4boundary, edge: 
( MS: s.xii2 )  ora: cuntré cuntre  TLL i 23
( MS: s.xiii1 )  finibus: cuntreye  TLL ii 10
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