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menable (c.1136-65)
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menable (c.1136-65)

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mainable,  maisnable,  meinable,  meisnable,  mesnable  
  FEW:  minare 6/ii,104b Gdf:  menable 5,229a GdfC:  menable 10,139a TL: menable 5,1384 DEAF:  mener (menable)  DMF:  menable  TLF: ∅ OED:  menable adj.  MED:  menable adj.1  DMLBS: ∅

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1tractable, biddable: 
( c.1185 )  Li lecheres Jolif est pruz, Saives et mainables a tuz  Proth ANTS 9932
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Meisnable le vei e sanz orguil  Gui War 2789
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Ensi discrecioun vaillable Fait l'omme de vertu menable  GOWER Mirour 11882
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  ductili: (L) menable (var. (C: s.xiii2) amenable)  TLL ii 80
2humble, meek: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Deus fait seinte eglise maisnable, Hummle, peisible e amiable  Salemon 11735
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  'Beneit seient li meinable, kar cil heritablement saiserunt la terre'  Joshua Sermons ii 2
3indulgent: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Si atent mun beneit Creatur, [...] Ke il me seit si menable Ke me mette en joie pardurable  Mir N-D 197.99
4metal(of metal) easily worked: 
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  Et tu feras [...] deux cherubins d'or et mesnables (Latin: aureos et productiles)  Bible Royal 53
5law liable to the legal authority of, answerable to: 
( 1317 )  (the wife) fu menable a la volunté son baroun, par quey el ne poeyt nient plus contredire de faire un fait q'el ne poeyt faire de aliener soun droit encountre la volunté soun baroun  YBB Ed II xxii 81
( 1331 )  la terre de Gales n'est mye menable par les leis d'Engleterre  Rot Parl1 ii 397
( 1341 )  Ceo plee est menable par attachement  YBB 15 Ed III 43
nun menable
nunmenable
ovraigne menable
ovraigne

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See also:

menage1  menance  menement2  mener1  menour1  menure 
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