† tencionn.
/ˈtɛnʃən/ Obsolete.
A contention, dispute, quarrel.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > a quarrel
controversy1448
tencion?1473
brulyie1531
pique1532
feudc1565
quarrel1566
jar1583
controverse1596
brack1600
outcast1620
rixation1623
controversarya1635
simultya1637
outfall1647
outfallingc1650
controversion1658
démêlé1661
embroilment1667
strut1677
risse1684
rubber1688
fray1702
brulyiement1718
fallout1725
tossa1732
embroil1742
ding-dong?1760
pilget1777
fratch1805
spar1836
splutter1838
bust-up1842
whid1847
chip1854
kass-kass1873
wap1887
run-in1894
go-round1898
blue1943
hassle1945
square-up?1949
ruck1958
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 260 A grete strif or tenchon [Fr. une tençon et debat] that is fallen betwene them.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vi. 129 Hit happeth ofte tymes that ther cometh of glotonye tencyons stryfs ryottes [etc.].
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 9 That the wyn had surmounted hem in wordes and tencions.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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