potent (s.xivm)
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potent (s.xivm)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: 9,252b potens; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  potent (*); DMF:  potent; TLF: ∅; OED:  potent n.1 and a.2; MED:  potent a. 1 and n.; DMLBS: 2359b posse (potens) ]
 

a.

1able, physically strong: 
( 1477-78 )  [...] qe chacune persone potent et able en corps useroit son arke par cause qe la defence de cest terre estoise meult par archers  ii 462
croiz potente
1herald.cross potent, depiction of a cross with T-shaped arms (resembling the head of a crutch): 
( s.xivm; MS: s.xivex )  Le Roy de Jesuralem [sic] porte l’escu d’argent […] a une croise potente d’or  80
poable  poance  poant  poantment  podestat  poer#1  poer#2  poeros  poeste  poesté  poestif  poestivement  possible  possiblement  possibleté  potence  potestat  potestatem  pouaille  pussablement  pussance  pussant  pussantment  pussaument 
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