durable (s.xii1/3)
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durable (s.xii1/3)

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  FEW:  durabilis 3,187b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  durable 9,419c TL: durable 2,2103 DEAF:  durable  DMF:  durable  TLF:  durable  OED:  durable a.  MED:  durable a.  DMLBS:  durabilis 738c
durabel;  dorable  

a.

1durable, lasting, enduring: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Corallus est pere durable  216.361
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Riens ne vei durable en cest munt  54
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  De meie part li dites saluz e pes E amisté dorable a tuz jurs mes  (B) 9119
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  A l’un est sis tresor durable, A l’autre veins e feible e lable  79
( MS: c.1300 ) [...] Ke a la joie puissum venir ke tuz jurs ert durable  168v
2 enduring, tenacious, persevering: 
( MS: c.1300 ) JC on the Cross Suffrant fu, durable e fort, Obedient deskes a la mort  81v
vie durable
1theol.eternal life, afterlife in heaven: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiiiin )  Por ma herbegerie Perdrai durable vie  (C) 160
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Receif mei en ta compaignie O tei en la durable vie  1354
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  la vie durable  2113
pardurable 
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