redevable (1163-70)

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redevable (1163-70)

[gdw]

[ FEW: 3,21b debere; Gdf: 6,703c redevable; GdfC: 10,511b redevable; TL: 8,525 redevable; DEAF:  devoir (redevable); DMF:  redevable; TLF:  redevable; OED:  redevable n. and a.; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
reddevable,  reddivable,  redivable,  redyvable  

a.

(estre) redevable a (... de)
1(to be) indebted, beholden to (... for)
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  E si mun gré faire poez Redevable mult vus serrai  7659
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Si vos en serai reddevable Car cil dons est a Dé graable  13877
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  Mut duyssum estre luy reddivables des vertuz k'il mist pur nus  119.11
( MS: c.1235 )  li purvers fiz de diable N’en sunt pas a Deu reddevable  rubr.96
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Partut seez cuvenables, En porture meure e redyvables A benfeturs  1080
2(to be) obliging, helpful to
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Il =someone who will liberate England from the Danes serra a Deu acceptable Et as suens pius et redivable (var. (P: c.1252) merciable)  456
3(to be) subject to, associated with
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  charnel delit [...], cument est il nun netz e reddevables a culpe e a peine?  61.39
(estre) redevable de
1(to be) guilty of, responsible for
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  Qu'il seussent que cil qui aprés els vendreient fuissent redevable d'icel crimne  22.81
redevance  redeveir 
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