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affable (c.1275)

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[ FEW: 24,243b affabilis; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 8,38c affable; TL: 1,168 afable; DEAF: ∅; DMF: affable; TLF: affable; OED: affable a.; MED: affabyl a.; DMLBS: 47a affabilis ]

effable 132

a.

1affable, benign:

( s.xiii^4/4; MS: 1307-15 ) il estoit a poveres affable 64

( 1323-25 ) plus commons de port et plus affables as poveres et as riches q’ils ne sont ore 67

♦friendly, easy-going:

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Curtays, despendaunt e affable 86

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