1credible, believable:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Se vus ne nus faites saveir Ke desuz fait la tur chaeir, Cument sera chose creable Que par mun sanc seit mielz estable?
7495
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii2/4
)
a tuz ces iert bien creable E mult a oir delitable
1019
(
s.xiv1
)
Il n’est pas creable qe uns homs soit suffisable a deus choses
19
♦
reliable, trustworthy:
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
(At the Annunciation) la creable meschine
(=B.V.M.) respundi ‘[…]’
ii 30
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
de creables genz e de bone fame
100
(
1363-75;
MS: 1419
)
par autres enformaceons creiables
372
(
1399;
MS: s.xv1
)
q’ils
(=sheriffs) soient creables, honestes […]
25.27
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