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despendable (s.xiiiex)

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despendable (s.xiiiex)

dispendable  
  FEW:  dispendare *3,97b Gdf:  despendable 2,626a GdfC: TL: despendable 2,1683 DEAF:  despendre (despendable)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

1copious, abundant
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Servent i chevalers e seneschals honorables [...] De claree, de piment e de vins beyvables (var. (P: c.1310) de vin despendables)  Rom Chev ANTS 738 (var.)
2spendable, valid as currency
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  (tithes are) si espiritueles qe els ne sunt dispendables forqe en amones  Mir Just 199
( MS: c.1310 )  son demene blee despendable en son hostel  Nov Narr 198
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