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demaintenant (1155)
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The form demeintenant is a cross reference to the following entry:

demaintenant (1155)

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demaintenaunt;  demeintenant,  demeintenaunt;  desmaintenaunt,  desmeintenant  (demeintanant  S Aub 1137)  
  FEW:  manu tenere 6/i,299a Gdf:  demaintenant 2,493a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  maintenir (demaintenant)  DMF:  demaintenant  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

immediately, at once: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  cil kis ourent atenduz Les unt demaintenant feruz  Brut WACE 3010
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  L’esveske [...] Si s’en alla demeintenant Mult matin od l’aube de jur  Mir N-D 14.250
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  E si le comanda ke hasta[s]t […] E ke demeintenant venist  Lum Lais ANTS 12257
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  quant il se sent rien alassez, Si deit demeintenant reposer  Secr abernun 1889
( 1297 )  Come mon chier seigneur E. […] me eit rendu les terres […], en tieu manere totes voies que je aille desmeyntenant […] pur moy apparailler & pur li servir  Foedera1 i 868

See also:

maintenant2 
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