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ovrable1 (s.xiiiex)

ovrable1 (s.xiiiex)

[ gdw]

ouvrable,  overable,  uverable  
  FEW:  operari 7,365b Gdf:  ouvrable 2 5.674c GdfC:  ouvrable 10,251a TL: ovrable 2 6,1448 DEAF: DMF:  ouvrable  TLF:  ouvrable  OED: MED:  overable a.  DMLBS:  operabilis 2025c

a.

1occupationrelating to, intended for work
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  Sy ceo seit beste overable yl covent estre regardé pus q'un autre e plus esparnye  HENLEY2 330.c77
( MS: s.xiv )  operariis: de meyso[n]s ovrables  TLL ii 58.80
jur ovrable
1timeoccupationworking day, day during which working is permitted or required
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300 )  E pount .xxv. hommes sier e lier .x. acres le jor enter overable  HENLEY2 444.c62
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  s'il est jour de feste, beissez alkes vers val, s'il est jour overable, cheez a la terre  Ancren1 14.31
( c.1365 )  se ung nef arrive en ung port a sa droitturiere descharge et demoure la nef illecques charge jusques a vingt et un jours ouvrables (var. (V: s.xv1) overables)  Blk Bk Adm 126
( 1377 )  q'ils preignent resonable lower pur les jours overables  Rot Parl1 iii 17
semaine ovrable
1timeoccupationworking week, week during which working is permitted or required
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  [...] dunqe demurrunt qarante qatre simeynes overables  HENLEY2 314.c30
( 1272-1307 )  quant la semayne est pleynement overable  Lib Cust 99
ovrage  ovraigne  ovral  ovrance  ovre1  ovree1  ovrement  ovrer1  ovresce  ovrier1  ovriere  ovrour 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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