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mettable (1174-75)
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The form metable is a cross reference to the following entry:

mettable (1174-75)

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metable  
  FEW:  mittere 6/ii,189a Gdf:  metable 5,313c GdfC:  mettable 10,149c TL: metable 5,1722 DEAF:  metre 2 (metable)  DMF:  mettable  TLF:  mettable  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

1capable of being put, placed: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Naam (=goods seized by distraint) mort [...] n'est mie metable (ne) denz enfermure, ou aillours [...]; einz est metable en lu ou li naam e celi qe le deit en purrent meins estre grevez  Mir Just 71
2giving satisfaction, having the requisite qualities: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Cest cunseil est metable, sil feimes achiever  FANT OUP 624
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  L'eschele noefime (=of angels) est metable, Angle menu i sount, sanz fable  Ross ANTS 3545
♦(of a person) reliable, respectable: 
( 1300; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ses compaigns fu li conestables Joefnes homs riches e mettables Ky quens estoit de Herefort  Eight Rolls 103.105-07

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See also:

mettre 
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