v. Obs. A variant of CONTINUE of obscure formation, frequent in 14–15th c.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 4354. It is of Love, as of Fortune, That chaungeth ofte, and nyl contune. Ibid., 5335.
c. 1400. Apol. Loll., 69. He is cause þat þe synnar contuniþ in his iuel.
c. 1430. Lydg., Bochas, Prol. 9. Ne none so high in his estate contune Free from thawayting and danger of Fortune.
1447. Bokenham, Seyntys (Roxb.), 299. And whan that she longe in this manere Contunyd had, no word seying.
c. 1475. Partenay, 2207, 2881.
