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changable (c.1230)
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The form chanchable is a cross reference to the following entry:

changable (c.1230)

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chaungable,  chaungeable;  chanchable;  chaunchable,  chaunjable  (chonchabul)  
  FEW:  cambiare 2/i,123b Gdf:  changeable 2,54b GdfC: ∅ TL: chanjable 2,223 DEAF:  changier  DMF:  changeable  TLF:  changer  OED:  changeable adj.  MED:  chaungeable adj.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1able to be changed, malleable: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ele le trouva mult estable. Ne out espeyr ke fust chaungable E ke pur ren ne[l] peut plier  S Fran ANTS 564
♦variable, alterable: 
( MS: s.xiv1/4 )  chaungez les paroles chaungeables  Nov Narr 86
2mutual, interchangeable: 
( MS: s.xiii )  mutua: chonchabul  TLL ii 122
3changeable, fickle, inconstant: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Plus changable que n’est le vent  S Modw 3142
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  vus estes si chaunjable ke ço ke vus volez hui vus ne volez pas demein  Mirour Egl 10.36
( c.1335; MS: s.xivm )  Cestui roi E. fu si chaungeable […] qe ceo q’il granta un jour […] il le voleit dedir une autre jour  Anon Chr2 80
nun changable
nunchangable

See also:

entrechangable 
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