conte2 (1120-40)
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conte2 (1120-40)

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  FEW:  comes 2/ii,940b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  comte 9,142c TL: conte 1 2,751 DEAF:  conte 1  DMF:  comte  TLF:  comte  OED:  count n.2  MED:  count n.2  DMLBS:  comes 1 388a
cont,  count,  counte,  cunt,  cunte;  comte;  queon,  quoen,  quouen,  conpta  42,  countee  86,  cuncte  2787; 
sg. coens,  cons,  cuens,  cuns; 
sg. quens,  queons,  quiens,  quins,  quons,  quont  

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1titlecount, earl: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Par mi les rues an venent si grantz turbes, Ne reis ne quons n'i poet faire entrarote  514
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  U fille a rei u fille a cunte  299
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  la mort al queon Theophan  16660.rubr
( MS: s.xiii2 )  comitis: del cunte  ii 25
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  sa terre comandoit Al quiens de Cornewaille  244.223
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1196 )  Ralph le Cunte  Count
( 1204-5 )  Walterus le Conte  Count
( 1381 )  Hissabel Counte  Count
conte mareschal
mareschal
conte de paleis
1titlestatusEarl Palatine (enjoying special royal franchises): 
( 1343 )  L’evesqe est counte de Paleys, par quei vicounte ne nul autre se deit meller deinz sa fraunchise  17 Ed III 475
conté  contesse  contour#1 
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