[prenable] (c.1292)

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[prenable] (c.1292)

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[ FEW: 9,344a prehendere; Gdf: 6,383a prenable; GdfC: 10,406b prenable; TL: 7,1735 prenable; DEAF:  prendre (prenable); DMF:  prenable; TLF:  prendre (prenable); OED:  pernable a. / pregnable a.; MED:  prenable a.; DMLBS: ]
parnable,  pernable  

a.

1mil.pregnable, liable to be taken by force, vulnerable to attack
( 1379 )  la dite ville de part la mer est parnable par enemies  iii 70
2agriculturalthat can be harvested
( 1466 )  cest estatut n’est deestre pris et entendu dez spinez ou herbez cresceauntz sur le terre, mez de tiels chosez queux sount pernablez annuelment et queux crescerent sur le terre per l’occupacion et besoignez del tenaunt  i 45.21
lawseizable, subject to being taken into the king’s possession
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  adounc primes est la terre pernable en nostre meyn en noun de destresce  ii 351
( 1313-14 )  mes s’il ne paye bien cele soute, la franchise serroit pernable  Ed II viii 182
3lawrequired to be held or brought before a judge
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  einz sunt les reconussaunces pernables aussi com d’office e les jugemenz pronunciable  126
( 1378 )  pur ceo qe l’enquest n’est my parnable  2 Rich II 72
lawsubject to arrest
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  En queus cas les encusez sunt pernables  53
4curr.finan.acceptable, valid
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  La moneie estoit ordené ronde e quarterable [...] ou autrement ne fust point pernable  20
mainprenable  prenance#1  prendre#1  prendre#2  prendre#3  prendre#4  prendure  prenement  preneur  prisable#1  prise#1  prise#2  prisee  prisell 
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