traitable (c.1150)

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traitable (c.1150)

tretable  

a.

1maniable, moveable
( c.1240 )  Le nes est mol e traitable  257v6
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Tuz les membres out plyables [...] e tendres e tretables  45va
( 1347-48 )  autres defautes de mesme la mure, c'est assavoir en bretages, portes & pointes tretables  ii 218
2capable (of), amenable (to)
( c.1150; MS: c.1300 )  Porverse est boche de felons E traitable de traisuns  6408
3lawcapable of being brought before a court
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  s'il (= jurors) seient de divers assenz, pur ceo ne sont il mie [...] enprisonables, einz sunt tretables e severables e examinables  148
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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