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vendable (c.1292)
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vendable (c.1292)

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1for sale, saleable, marketable: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  les forstallours ausi, qi acherisent les foers de vitayle vendable  BRITT i 193
( 1327 )  qe les estranges soient tenuz desormés a metter a vendre totes choses vendables  Rot Parl2 119
( 1337 )  ové vyns vendables  YBB 11-12 Ed III 333
2venal: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  a la destruction de Jerusalem [...] estoient vint et oyt evesques vendables e sanz cure esluz  TREVET Cron1 123.16
nient vendable
not for sale: 
( 1321-22 )  de lour estover demeigne nient vendable  Rot Parl1 i 387
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