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[nunpurquant] (s.xii2)

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

[nunpurquant] (s.xii2)

nonporquant,  nonpurqant  
  FEW:  quantus 2/ii,1419a Gdf:  nonporquant 5,525b GdfC: TL: neporcant (nonporcant) 6,590 DEAF: DMF:  nonpourquant  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

adv.

nevertheless
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Cist Joram mesprist molt envers Deu et forfist, mais nonporquant nostre Sires ne vaut pas destruire Judam  Liv Reis1 189.19
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Et tot ne puisse il tos jors durer, il puet nonporquant durer lonc tens  Waterford busby 238.S33.20

conj.

although, even though
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  boive ou mangue le lait douz ou lait cras que om apelle crainme. Nonporquant crainme engleime l’estomac  Waterford busby 278.S97.27
nunpurquant qe
although, even though
( 1325 )  fuit pris conseil qe les portes fussent murrees, non pur qant qe nous seumes qe ascunes parlaunces se feissont a damage de nous  Rot Parl2 96

[gdw]

See also:

nepurquant  nientpurquant  nun1  pur2  purquant  quant1 
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nonporquant