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(praisunable) (s.xivin)

(praisunable) (s.xivin)

 
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

The word is not attested elsewhere, and, if genuine, is perhaps an error for raisunable (cf. raisnable), possibly in confusion with preisable.

a.

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( c.1185; MS: s.xiii1/3 )  Un mult bon cunseil vus dorai: Li lecheres Jolif est pruz, Saives e mainables a tuz (var. (B: s.xivin) Si amis praisunables a tuz)  Proth ANTS 9932 (var.)

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