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coupable (s.xii2/4)
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coupable (s.xii2/4)

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copable,  coulpable,  culpable,  cupable,  cuppable;  coupabil,  cupabel;  coupeable  (coepaple  Rot Parl1 ii 9,  coulpale  Reg Chich ii 64,  coupaubles  Ancren2 114.16,  cupaple  S Edw paris ANTS 3318)  
  FEW:  culpabilis 2/ii,1498a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  coupable 9,219a TL: coupable 2  DEAF:  coupable  DMF:  coupable  TLF:  coupable  OED:  culpable adj. and n.  MED:  coupable adj and n.  DMLBS:  culpabilis 529b

a.

guilty: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 ) si il est culpables de la felunie [...]  Lapid 104.XX.9
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Jo sui copable, par Deu serrai jugee  Adam2 562
( 1283 )  une robberie […] dunt il ne est culpable  Rot Parl2 25
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  si sunt il coupables de cest crime  Mir Just 29

s.

guilty person: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  k’il ostent de cels la chose entredite e ke il desfacent le cupable  Joshua Sermons ii 25
( 1300 )  q’il puissent meismes Les amerciementz e quant qe ensi sera levez de tieux copables espleiter […]  Parl Writs 340
nient coupable
nientcoupable
nun coupable
nuncoupable
se rendre coupable
to admit one’s guilt, plead guilty: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Cupable se rendi de sa folie, Promist de amender ben sa vie  Mir N-D 28.49
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiii2 )  de tuz les pecchez ke jo ai fet […] me rend copable a Deu  Religious Life 269
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  veraiement se confessa […] e se rendi coupable de quanke il avoit mesfet  Ancren2 51.4
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