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parmanable (s.xii1)
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parmanable (s.xii1)

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parmainable,  parmeingnable,  parmenable,  parmeinable;  permainable,  permanable,  permeinable,  permenable  (purmanable  Psalter Comment 229.113)  
  FEW:  permanere 8,249b Gdf:  parmenable 5,777a GdfC: ∅ TL: parmanable 7,299 DEAF:  parmanoir (parmanable)  DMF:  permenable  TLF: ∅ OED:  permanable adj.  MED:  permanable adj.  DMLBS: ∅

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1permanent, everlasting: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) E ferit ses enemis es dederainetez, reproce parmanable duna a els  Oxf Ps ANTS 90.77.72
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Promettont l'omme seignorable Et le font serf, et de nounstable Promettont chose permanable  GOWER Mirour 1796
♦theol.eternal, everlasting, perpetual: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  demeine mei en veie parmanable  Oxf Ps ANTS 127.138.23
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Les bons avrunt bien pardurable, Les maus mal tut dis parmenable  S Clem ANTS 1543-44
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Deu, qe tut le munde Fist, la indiffinité, Qe verrai est et bien prové, Qe tut dis est parmainable  Man pechez 7406
2steadfast, unwavering: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Li hum deit estre estable E en ben permainable  Best ants 1198

s.

bot.plant which conveys magical powers: 
( c.1192; MS: b.1294 )  Et en nostre terre croist une herbe qui est apelee parmanable  Pr Jean3 333.D (II) 180

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See also:

parmaindre  parmanablement  parmanableted  parmanance  parmanant  parmantise 
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