[ Constable], sb. constable, warden, officer, C3, PP; conestable, MD; cunstable, PP; cunestable, S.—OF. conestable; Late Lat. comes stabuli, see Brachet.
[ Constablesse], sb. constable’s wife, S2, C3.
[ Constance], sb. constancy, C2, MD.—OF. constance (Cotg.); Lat. constantia.
[ Constorie], sb. an ecclesiastical court, PP, S2; consistorie, PP, CM.—Church Lat. consistorium, a place of assembly, from Lat. consistere, to stand together.
[ Contek], sb. strife, contention, C, G, H, MD, CM; contumely, MD; contak, MD; conteke, HD; conteck, HD, ND; contakt, HD.—AF. contek.
[ Conteken], v. to strive, MD.
[ Contekour], sb. one who quarrels, HD.
[ Contenance], sb. look, gesture, outward appearance, encouragement, favour, MD, S2, C2; contenaunce, PP, C3; cuntenaunce, S2; countenance, S3; continaunce, G.—OF. contenance; Late Lat. continentia, mien.
Contesse; see [Countesse].
[ Contrarie], adj. contrary, C2, C3.—AF. contrarie (OF. contraire); Lat. contrarium.