contrition (s.xii1)
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contrition (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  conterere 2/ii,1105a Gdf:  contricion 2,282c GdfC:  contrition 9,188a TL: contricïon 2,810 DEAF:  contricïon  DMF:  contrition  TLF:  contrition  OED:  contrition n.  MED:  contricioun n.  DMLBS:  contritio 476a
contricion,  contricione,  contricioun,  contriciun,  contritiun;  cuntritiun  

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1break, breach, devastation: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Tu commous la terre e derumpis li; saine ses cuntritiuns (Latin: contritiones)  102.LIX.2
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Deus commovee ad la tere E trublee en sun afeire. Sane Deus les contriciuns Kar mise est en commociuns  152va27
♦soundcrashing sound: 
( MS: s.xivm )  Sophonias […] oit […] la contricioun de les tertres  3vb
2theol.contrition: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  en la contrition del quer  20085
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Penaunce ové contricion […] e ové humili[té] enchace l’enemy del quer  39.19
( MS: s.xiv? ) contricion, que est parfunt doyl de quor de sun pecché  40r
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