serviable (s.xiii2)
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serviable (s.xiii2)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 11,540a servire; Gdf: 7,399b servable; GdfC: 10,669a serviable; TL: 9,556 servable /9,563 servïable; DEAF:  servir (serviable); DMF:  servable / serviable; TLF:  serviable; OED:  servable a.1 / serviable a.; MED:  serviable a.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
servable  

a.

1 status servile, in service: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  famularis: servable  ii 4
♦ obliging, helpful, ready to serve: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Meschine ert bele et servable  62
2 useful, of service: 
( 1458-1509 )  le brocour avera pur brocage [...] Paper serviable pur le bale - .vj. d.  E163/9/21
serf#1  servage  servager  servant#1  servante#1  servantie  serve#1  servil  serviour  servir  servisable  servisant  servise#1  servitia  servitur  servitute 
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