amerciable (s.xiiiex)
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amerciable (s.xiiiex)

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  FEW:  merces 6/ii,16a Gdf:  amerciable 1,260c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  merci (amerciable)  DMF:  amerciable  TLF: ∅ OED:  amerciable a.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
amercyable  

a.

1lawliable to be amerced: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  serf n’est mie amerciable en autri court pur ceo qe il ne poet ren perdre com cil qe rien n’ad propre  165
( 1302 )  si le vile ou dizeyn retynge un prison outre un nuyt q’il ne seyt mandé a la gaole le roy, ele est amercyable en eyre  30-31 Ed I 507
( 1340 )  le viscounte est amerciable de ceo q’il n’ad pleinement fait comandement de court  14 Ed III 181
amerciement  amercier  merciable 
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