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[prenable] (c.1292)

[prenable] (c.1292)

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

a.

1mil.pregnable, liable to be taken by force, vulnerable to attack
( 1379 )  la dite ville de part la mer est parnable par enemies  Rot Parl1 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  Readings 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  BRITT ii 351
( 1313-14 )  mes s’il ne paye bien cele soute, la franchise serroit pernable  YBB 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  Mir Just 126
( 1378 )  pur ceo qe l’enquest n’est my parnable  YBB 2 Rich II 72
lawsubject to arrest
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  En queus cas les encusez sunt pernables  Mir Just 53
4curr.finan.acceptable, valid
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  La moneie estoit ordené ronde e quarterable [...] ou autrement ne fust point pernable  Mir Just 20

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See also:

mainprenable  prenance1  prendre1  prendre2  prendre3  prendre4  prendure  prenement  preneur  prisable1  prise1  prise2  prisee  prisell 
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