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covenable (s.xii1/3)
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covenable (s.xii1/3)

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cuvenable,  kuvenable;  covennable;  convenable  (covable  SAMPS2 (H) 13v,  conveneable  Lum Lais MS 82r26,  covegnable  Treaty Rolls ii 3.50)  
  FEW:  convenire 2/ii,1127b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  convenable 9,189a TL: covenable 2,976 DEAF:  convenir (convenable)  DMF:  convenable  TLF:  convenable  OED:  convenable a.1  MED:  covenable a.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1necessary: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  necessarium: (L) covenable  TLL ii 77
2suitable, fitting: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  E il serat Sire [...] eslievement cuvenable en anguisse (Latin: elevatio opportuna in angustia)  Camb Ps 11.IX.9
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  E cuvenable estait Que pur nus (God) se dureit  Best ants 71
( 1310 )  i[l] li tendi covenable mariage saunz disparagacion  YBB Ed II iv 8
( 1385-96; MS: c.1400 )  vous hantez putaynes […] et aultres plusieurs ordes choses, que ne sont pas covenables  SAMPS1 409
♦valid, proper: 
( MS: c.1275 )  Les queus vint e quatre (=jurymen) deivent a la covenable summunse le devantdit mere venir  Winchester2 26.4
( 1333 )  deus mil marchez de terre par covenable estent  Percy Ch 447
♦qualified, competent: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  militum apti: (D) chivalurs cu[v]enables  Gloss Nequam1 247.69
♦proper, up to standard: 
( 1358 )  Et qe nul qi claime estre del dit mestier d’orfeverie en la dite citee ne teigne shope, forsqe en Chepe qe homme puisse veer qe lour overages soient bones et covenables  Goldsmiths 68
♦attractive: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  Cil qui la porte est bien parlable E amoros e covenable  Lapid 220.498
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Beaus par esgard[e]ure, De vut resplendissable E forment covenable  Sibile 814
( 1206-15; MS: s.xiii1/4 )  Engletere [...] ki est [...] large de bois e de riveres, e de veneisuns e de oiseals covenable  Description Prose 1.1
♦of good quality, choice: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ceus qi vendent […] cervoise […] pur covenable e seine  Mir Just 40
( 1354 )  mettre dessus le paner une demonstrance de covenable pesshoun et desouth […] mettre pesshoun descovenable  Corr Lond 477
meins covenable
unsuitable, unqualified: 
( 1261 )  quant le roy noma bones ministrez […] les conseillerz meynz covenablez mystrent  Baron Rebellion 222
nient covenable
nientcovenable
nun covenable
nuncovenable
covenable sustenance
sustenance

See also:

descovenable  trescovenable 
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