Middle English Dictionary Entry
encǒuntre prep.
Entry Info
Forms | encǒuntre prep. |
Etymology | OF encontre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. countre adv.
1.
Against, in the path of (the enemy).
Associated quotations
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1477 : Anoon..stakys picch, encounter their [the enemy's] viage, And in that stede..Mak vp a strong bastel on eyther side.