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desquantque (c.1300)
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desquantque (c.1300)

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  FEW:  quando *2/ii,1416b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  cant 1 (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

prep.

however much: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Car nul de elles se tient payé, Desquantque ill (=the lovers) ount dit et parlé, Si ne purroient aver Entre eux deux a leiser De nu a nu enbracer […]  Art Love 721

See also:

des1  quant1  que2 
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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