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gable2 (s.xii1)
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gable2 (s.xii1)

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gabelle,  jable  
  FEW:  gæbul 16,747b / qabala 19,74a Gdf:  gable 1 4,198b GdfC:  gabelle 9,678a TL: gabele 2  DEAF:  gabelle G18 / gable 1 G19 DMF:  gabelle  TLF:  gabelle  OED:  gabelle n.  / gavel n.1  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  gabella 2 1043a / gabulum 1 1043c

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1taxgabelle, tax: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Qui pour gabelle ou pour taillage Estuet appaier le tollage  GOWER Mirour 24325
( 1439 )  Avecques ce fauldroit que a toutes fois que le roy mettroit sus imposicions, gabelles, iiijiemes et aultres suscités pour le deffense du pais  Negotiations 143
2finan.profit, interest (from usury): 
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  treis pouches de coilete (var. cuyler; coileit) de usure et de gable  BOZ Char 458
doner a gable
finan.to lend at interest: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiim )  Ces furent usurers Qui soleient doner a gable lur deners  Vis S Paul alex 84
doner a gable a
finan.to lend at interest to: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  kar pecché est li chatel (=wealth, capital) au diable, ke il doune a peccheours a usure e a gable de peine  Ancren2 84.8
prendre gable
finan.to borrow at interest: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Jable prist (var. (B: s.xii4/4) Gable prent) li fels, e nel rendrat; li justes acertes dunet e livret  Camb Ps 62.XXXVI.21
prester a gable
finan.to lend at interest: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 ) Tus iceus furent usurers Ki pristerent (l. presterent) a gable lur deners  Vis S Paul octo 88

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See also:

gabler  gableur  gavel1  housgable  landgable  scogable  smeregable  tangable 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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