1praiseworthy, commendable:
(
c.1150;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Plusurs delivra del diable, Bon hom esteit et preciable
S Nichol wace 610
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xivin
)
A bon houre fust unqe nee Q’est prisable (Lat. laudabile) e poi prisee
BOZ Prov (S) 35.70
2taxsubject to prisage (a duty levied upon imported wine):
(
1392-93
)
q’ils purront estre quitz de tiels prises, paiant pur chescun tonelle de vyns prisables vynt deners
Rot Parl1 iii 307
[preisable] (c.1150)