tencif (1136-65)
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tencif (1136-65)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  *tentiare *13/i,228a Gdf:  tencif 7,674a GdfC: ∅ TL: tencif 10,189 DEAF:  tencier (tencif)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
tencis,  tensis,  tensif; 
f. tencive  

a.

1quarrelsome, contentious, argumentative: 
( 1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) Moiller tencive issi ennuie Come maison ki ne tent pluie  11605
2competitive, driven: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) Gudmod est corocié; del ferir est tencis (var. (C: s.xiiiex) tentis;  (H: s.xiiim) tensis )  3464
tençable  tençance  tence#1  tencement#1  tencement#2  tencer#1  tenceresse  tencerie  tençonus  tençour  tençous  tençun  tençur 
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