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gableur (s.xii1)
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gableur (s.xii1)

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gableor,  gabler,  gablere;  gablier;  gablour  
  FEW:  gæbul *16,747b / qabala *19,74a Gdf:  gableor 4,198c / gablier 4,198c GdfC: ∅ TL: gablëor 4,24 / gablier 4,24 DEAF:  gable 1 (gablëor) G19 / gable 1 (gablier) G20 DMF:  gablier  TLF: ∅ OED:  gaveller n.  MED:  gaveler(e n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

finan.usurer, extortionist: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Escerst li gablere (Latin: foenerator) tute la substance de lui, e departent li estrange les labors de lui  Oxf Ps ANTS 110.108.10
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  par gablers entent Cuveitus e male gent  Best ants 1019
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Li malveis home, li aver, li gablier  Rom rom 281
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Cil furent en terre gableur, Unke n’en eurent vers Deu amur, De lur aveir pristrent isure  Vis S Paul ross2 A171
( 1333-35 )  De cristiene gablour  Bortreming 247

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See also:

gable2  gabler 
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