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entreconoistre (s.xii3/4)
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entreconoistre (s.xii3/4)

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entrekonoistre,  entreqenoistre  
  FEW:  cognoscere 2/i,846b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  entreconnoistre 9,486a TL: entre- (entreconoistre) 3,634 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  entreconnaître  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to recognize each other: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  danz H. de P. [...] E li reis L. [...] Es rues de Seissuns sunt entreconeu  2155
2 to discern, distinguish: 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  internoscebam: (O) entreconisowe (var. (L: xiiiex) entrekoneysey)  ii 38

v.refl.

to know each other: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  De l’un ost desqu’a l’autre vont cil qe s’entrec[on]urent  5206
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  Li Engleis envee furent (=by William the Conqueror to the Danes) Pur ceo que il se entreconeurent  215.16
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Li bons qui od Dé rengneront El ciel ne s’entreqenoistront  17168
♦to have (carnal) knowledge of each other: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Ne s'entreconustrent charneument  11566

See also:

conoistre 
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