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nientmovable (s.xii1)

nientmovable (s.xii1)

neientmovable  
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a.

immovable, motionless
( MS: c.1145 )  Seint fait neient movables (var. (C: s.xiim) moables) sicume pierre, desque trespass li tuens poples  Oxf Ps1 238.19
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  il acertes cumpasserad le cercle nient movable, [...] (Latin:  immobilem)  Camb Ps 177.XCV.10
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  la neef estuet ferm, nient movable, et si ert la neef desliee de la force de la meer  Actes (A) 375

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See also:

movable  nient  nientmoeble  nientmuable  nunmovable 
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