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entretant (1155)
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entretant (1155)

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entretaunt  
  FEW:  inter 4,748a / tantus 13/i,91a Gdf:  entretant 3,302b GdfC: ∅ TL: tant (entretant) 10,87 DEAF:  tant (entretant)  DMF:  entretant  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

meanwhile, in the meantime: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Entretant vindrent treis naceles, A un port en Kent arriverent  Brut WACE 6704
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Entretant put la terre estre autrement establie  Rom Chev ANTS 2395
( c.1185 )  P. entretant Covre sei, met pé avant  Proth ANTS 3185
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  E Moyses entretant en ureisuns tendi ses mains cuntremunt  Joshua Sermons i 23
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  entretant ne profite rien Ne sa (=the sinner’s) fei ne sa esperance […] Si purpos n’eit […] Ke vuill sun pecché lesser  Lum Lais ANTS 6546
( 1377; MS: s.xv1 )  soient ordinez [...] deux centz hommes d’armes [...] si l’en n’ait entretant certeines novelles de la noun venue des enemys  Lett & Pet 165.111.101
entretant cum
while: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Entretaunt cum il ont itiel joie acoillie, Ad li reis [...] fiere novele oie  Horn (O) 1295

See also:

entre1  entritant  tant 
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