contratenere

contratenēre , a to withhold, refuse to pay. b to hold in opposition. a si quis decimam ~eat [AS: forhealde], reddat lahslit cum Dacis, witam cum Anglis (Quad.) GAS 131; qui Dei recta ~endo fecerit homicidium (Leg. Hen. 13. 11) Ib. 558; 1115 nemo sit qui ei inde aliquid difforciet vel ~eat (Ch. Hen. I) CalPat 1358–61 p. 7.  b s1088 quando civitas Rouecestra ab eodem [rege] obsidebatur, ~ente ipsam Odone Chr. Abingd. II 17.