1unprofitable:
(
c.1241;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
ke souvent [...] seyt fet enqueste
(in the household) si il eyt nul deleaus, non sachaunt [...] nient profitable
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2useless, worthless:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
lur perres sunt encurvé sicume arcs nient profitables
(Latin: inutiles)
143.LXXVII.57
(
c.1136-65;
MS: c.1200
)
Pereços erent apelé, Malveis serf e nent profeitable
8661
(
c.1275;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
E le apela vyleyn marchaunt, Nent profitable e nunsachaunt
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