countre

See also: countre-

English

Etymology 1

See counter

Verb

countre (third-person singular simple present countres, present participle countring, simple past and past participle countred)

1. Obsolete form of counter.

Etymology 2

See country

Noun

countre (plural countres)

1. (Early Modern) Country.
   • c. 1549, Desiderius Erasmus, Two Dyaloges‎^[1]:

     But what say ye by hym whiche when he oweth more then he is worthe, wyll not stycke to lashe prodygallye and set the cocke vpon the hoope, and yet yf he haue any money at all lefte to spende that a waye vnthryftely, and when he hathe played the parte of a knauyshe spendall in one cytie deludinge and disceyuyng his creditours, ronnes out of this countre and getteth hym to some other good towne, and there sekynge for straugers and newe acquayntauce whom he may lykewyse begyle, yea and playeth many suche lyke partes and shameful shiftes.

Anagrams

• Counter, Cureton, Cutrone, cornute, counter, counter-, recount, trounce

Old French

Adverb

countre

1. (late Anglo-Norman) Alternative spelling of cuntre

Preposition

countre

1. (late Anglo-Norman) Alternative spelling of cuntre