† contunev.
Obsolete.
intransitive and transitive = continue v.Frequent in 14–15th centuries.
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue
bidec893
lastOE
through-wonOE
ylasta1000
standOE
runOE
lastlOE
beleavec1200
abidec1275
cleavec1275
durec1275
dwell13..
endurec1386
perseverec1390
continuec1400
contunec1400
tarrya1450
remainc1455
perdure?a1475
rest1474
permanec1485
succeed1486
perpetuate1530
persist1531
demur1547
perduratea1558
weara1568
to hold it out1585
to hold out1585
abye1590
contain1592
live1592
perennate1623
to draw overa1700
exist1754
linger1764
to hang it out1939
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > be permanent [verb (intransitive)] > remain, continue > in specified state
ofstandeOE
atstandc1000
goOE
standOE
containc1380
perseverec1380
contunec1400
to hold inc1400
setc1400
remain?a1450
continue1503
stay1570
keepc1600
subsista1616
c1400 Rom. Rose 4354 It is of Love, as of Fortune, That chaungeth ofte, and nyl contune.
c1400 Rom. Rose 5335.
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes Prol. 9 Ne none so high in his estate contune Free from thawayting and danger of Fortune.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 299 And whan that she longe in this manere Contunyd had, no word seying.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 69 He is cause þat þe synnar contuniþ in his iuel.
c1475 Partenay 2207, 2881.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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