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feblet (s.xii3/3)
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feblet (s.xii3/3)

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fieblet, 
(f. fieblette)  
  FEW:  flebilis 3,616a Gdf:  foiblet 4,43a GdfC: ∅ TL: feblet 3,1679 DEAF:  foible (feblet)  DMF:  faiblet  TLF:  faible (faiblet)  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

weak, delicate: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Tu es fieblette e tendre chose E es plus fresche que n’est rose  Adam2 227
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Tut eust il mené vie austere En sun cors en meynte manere Parunt le cors esteyt feblet  S Fran ANTS 5579

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feble 
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