1dispute, quarrel:
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
En avant vous dirray cum lur estrif define, Lur grant desputeison
(var. (P: c.1310) esputeison), lur estre, lur covine
5933
(
1278
)
E come la fraunchise le counte eyreste
(l. eyt esté) e estre doit quite de espeuteisoun
i 8
(
1326-27
)
il envoia ses brefs a les seneschals de Foreste, pur espeutesoun, il ne voloit alower la chartre le roy […] si les gentz ne fesoient fin a sa volunté
ii 10
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