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destable (s.xiiiex)
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destable (s.xiiiex)

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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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