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destable (s.xiiiex)

The form deestable is a cross reference to the following entry:

destable (s.xiiiex)

deestable  
  FEW:  stabilis *12,221b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  estable 1  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

unstable
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  cil ou cele est pudre e deestable chose ke ou petit vent de une soule parole est tot dessofflee  Ancren2 219.3
fig.faltering
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  destable fei encontre seinte escripture ne est ceo de orgoil?  Ancren2 40.14
inconstant
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  le gai oil [...] est ausi come messager ke mustre la volunté du destable e du leger quer  Ancren2 175.29

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desestable 
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