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nepurquant (1113-19)

The form nespurkaunt is a cross reference to the following entry:

nepurquant (1113-19)

neporcant,  neporcaunt,  neporkant,  neporkaunt;  neporquant,  nepourquant,  nepurcant,  nepurkant,  nepurkaunt,  nepurkuant,  nepurqant,  nepurqaunt,  nepurquaunt;  nespurkaunt,  nespurquant,  nespurquaunt,  nestpurquant,  nestpurquant  (neparquant)  
  FEW:  quantus 2/ii,1419a Gdf:  neporquant 5,488a GdfC: TL: neporcant 6,590 DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

adv.

nevertheless
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Eissi devez saveir E bien creire pur veir Qu'esmovent chascun mais, E nepurquant li reis Qui primes les truvat En marz les cumençat  Comput ANTS 2890
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Mais nepurquant si est il asez melz Venget li reis si nus purrat venger  Roland 1743
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiiiex )  Mes la chose puet neparquant tant estre oscure, e tant fuiant sen de humme e itant suzpernant [...]  Assump Vision 5
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  il porra graunter qe il est proschein heir, et nepurquant porra il dire qe il n'en deit aver point uncore la seisine  BRITT ii 141
( 1407 )  un William Chipstede qe estoit enprisoné en la cité[...]; Nespurqaunt [...]  Goldsmiths 324

conj.loc.

nepurquant que
although
( 1215; MS: 1226 )  essi ne purquant que ele face seurté que [...]  Magna Carta 8
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Mes nepurquant, ceo dist, que vous sachez que jeo eye pouer en terre de pardoner pecchez  Gospel Harmony 40.11

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See also:

nunpurquant 
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