desquant1 (s.xii3/3)
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desquant1 (s.xii3/3)

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  FEW:  quando *2/ii,1416b Gdf:  desquant 2,637c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  cant 1 (descant)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

conj.

1temporalsince (the time when): 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Or escutetz la grant merveille! [...] Si grant nen fu onc mais oie Desquant  (ed. Des quant) comenza ceste vie  916
2temporalas soon as, when: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Quanq’einz de bien ot retenu, Desquant a age ereit venu, Trestot despendit largement  142
3since, seeing that: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Comment alme seit dite nonmortale des quant ele est dampnee de mort  p. 26.xlv
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  A bon dreit por fols nos tendront Desquant la verité savront  2294
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