[entretencer] (s.xiii2)
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[entretencer] (s.xiii2)

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  FEW:  *tentiare 13,228b Gdf:  entretencer (s') 3,303a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  tenser (entretenser)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
entretenser  

v.refl.

1to to dispute, quarrel with each other: 
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1300 )  Com il se sunt entretensez Sathan e Enfern [...] le rei de gloire ad parlé A Enfern  1843
( s.xiv2/3; MS: s.xivex ) ils troverent .ij. enfaunz de .xiiij. ans et plus qi s'entretenserent dez hastives parolez et dist l'un a l'autre: 'Danebak, [...] vous avetz tort de tenser ou estriver od moy'  1676
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