affable (s.xiiim)
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affable (s.xiiim)

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  FEW:  affabilis 24,243b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  affable 8,38c TL: afable 1,168 DEAF:  afable  DMF:  affable  TLF:  affable  OED:  affable a.  MED:  affabyl a.  DMLBS:  affabilis 47a
effable  132  

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1affable, well-disposed, kind: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Sur tute rien dreiturel esteit, E affable e benigne a dreit  650
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  il estoit a poveres affable  64
( 1323-25 )  plus commons de port et plus affables as poveres et as riches q’ils ne sont ore  67
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm ) Cist Eugenie estoit mult religious et largez en aumoignes [...] affable a touz,  305.18
♦friendly, good-natured, easy-going, pleasant: 
( MS: s.xiiim ) preez Deu pur vostre confessor, qu’il le vus face suef e affable  312
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Curtays, despendaunt e affable  86
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