aidable (c.1150)

aidable (c.1150)

  FEW:  adjutare 24,163b Gdf:  aidable 1,179a GdfC: TL: aidable 1,225 DEAF:  aidier (aidable)  DMF:  aidable  TLF:  aidable  OED:  aidable a.  MED: DMLBS:
haiable  107.9  

a.

1 helpful
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  De cest baron oez parler [...] qui en mer est tant aidable  230
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  (the castellan) vit que li suen esforz de rien ne fud aidable (var. durable )  484
( 1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  si envead gent aidable  1451
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  hom aidable Et pie et duce et socurable  3604
( MS: c.1300 ) Ma duce dame [..], As orphanins e pecheurs estes merciable [...] Vers vostre fiz tuit tens aidable  288r
aidable a
1 useful, of service to
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  Li diamaunt […] est aydable as enchaunteurs  119.I.7
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  celle douce laveure […] me serroit trop aidable  144
2 conducive to
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Lepre si est corruption des menbres fait d’umor aidables a porrir  i 248

s.

1 helpful person, one who assists
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Des plus hardiz, des plus aidables Firent maistres e conestables  3119
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  mistrent hors les non poables E retindrent les aidables  3954
aidance  aide#1  aidement  aider  aideresse  aidur  aidif 
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aidable