encontrester (s.xii1)
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encontrester (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  *contrastare 2/ii,1123a Gdf:  encontrester 3,115b GdfC: ∅ TL: encontrester 3,239 DEAF:  cpntrester (encontrester)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
encontreester;  encountreester,  encountrester;  encuntrester, 
p.pr. encontreyteaunt  21-22 Ed I 342  

v.n.

encontrester a
1to make a stand against, offer resistance to: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  R. fud mult pourus des paroles que li prophetes S. li out dit e ne li pout encuntrester  149
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Unc mes ne truvai chevalier Qui me peust encontrester  16060
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  [...] ke il puissent encontre ester a eus ki isteront hors de la cité  142.13
encontrester de (+inf.)
1to be against, oppose: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  acuns cas sount neqedent ou hom ne deit pas encountreester de estre engetté  i 418
nemie encontrestant
1notwithstanding: 
( 1292 )  nemye encontreesteant cel qe yl ne fut pas avant la alienacyon fet entré en la garrantye  20-21 Ed I 303

p.pr._as_s.

1opponent, enemy: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  tu encurveras (Latin: incurvabis) les encuntrestanz a mei  27.XVII.40

inf._as_s.

1resistance, opposition: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  kar l’encontrester a Deu est cume li pecchiez d’enchantement [...]  30
contrester  encontre#1  ester#1  nientencontrestant 
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