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changable (c.1230)

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changable (c.1230)

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[ FEW: 2/i,123b cambiare; Gdf: 2,54b changeable; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,223 chanjable; DEAF: changier; DMF: changeable; TLF: changer; OED: changeable adj.; MED: chaungeable adj.; DMLBS: ∅ ]

chaungable, chaungeable; chanchable; chaunchable, chaunjable, chonchabul

a.

1able to be changed, malleable:

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Ele le trouva mult estable. Ne out espeyr ke fust chaungable E ke pur ren ne[l] peut plier 564

♦variable, alterable:

( MS: s.xiv^1/4 ) chaungez les paroles chaungeables 86

2mutual, interchangeable:

( MS: s.xiii ) mutua: chonchabul ii 122

3changeable, fickle, inconstant:

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) Plus changable que n’est le vent 3142

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii^m ) vus estes si chaunjable ke ço ke vus volez hui vus ne volez pas demein 10.36

( c.1335; MS: s.xiv^m ) Cestui roi E. fu si chaungeable […] qe ceo q’il granta un jour […] il le voleit dedir une autre jour 80

nun changable
nunchangable

entrechangable

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