entendable (1121-35)

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entendable (1121-35)

[ FEW: 4,743b intendere; Gdf: 3,253c entendable; GdfC: ; TL: 3,569 entendable; DEAF: ; DMF:  entendable; TLF: ; OED:  intendable adj.; MED:  entendable adj.; DMLBS: ]
 

a.

1understandable
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  Il (=God) habitet partut puissalment, mais il habitet substancialment en l’entendable ciel  9.10
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Nus ne mustrum fors chose uverte, Chose entendable, chose aperte  11898
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Oem ne poet pas taster al doi Ço q’avisonc est entendable Si com ço fust chose voiable  14223
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Mes pur ceo ke franceis est entendable A lais  685
capable of interpretation
( 1314 )  il y sont paroles assez entendables (Latin: sufficientis intellectus) a prover la forme tiel come nous dioms  Ed II xviii 205
2intellectual, of the mind
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Entre en eve entendable, En mer espiritable  2647
3 intelligent
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Ele (=the elephant) est beste entendable, Nent suvent founable  1419
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Fullica est volable E oisel entendable  2749
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Uns folx s’il se taiseit, Pur sage home tenu serreit; Se ses levres clot e aprient, Pur entendable l’um l’en tient (Latin: Stultus quoque si tacuerit, sapiens reputabitur; et si conpresserit labia sua, intelligens)  10574
4capable of being heard
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ceo q’est dit d’endroit des juges est entendable des jurours  138
lawworthy (of being heard)
( c.1155; MS: s.xii3/3 )  s’il pot derehdner par un entendable hume (Latin: per duos intelligibiles homines) del plait, oant et veant  24
5lawintendable
( 1338-39 )  ceo n’est my entendable en ley qe rente peuse estre tenuz  12-13 Ed III 129

s.

1person having perception, insight
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  As entendables sunt aperz E as simples alkes coverz  10595
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