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endeble (c.1136-65)

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endeble (c.1136-65)

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[ FEW: 3,22a debilis; Gdf: 3,127c endeble; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,276 endeble; DEAF: ∅; DMF: endeble; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

endeible, endieble, endebbla

a.

1weak, feeble:

( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) Ci recovent a esclarier Ço k’il (=Solomon) li rovet esdrescer (=raise up) Come se fust endeble chose 3319

( MS: s.xii² ) debilis: lama, endebbla 41.62

( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 ) Pale de vis, de cors endeble 1973

♦weak, thin:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) La chace fu plener[e] e feble ly fuirs, Et feble (var. (C: s.xiii^m) Endeble) la defense 3011

♦infirm:

( s.xii²; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) Uns des fiz Jonathas i est remes si est endieble des piez 70

♦morally weak:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) Qui tant sui veins, enferms, endeible, E encombré de mes pecchiez 104206

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