dowable (c.1292)

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dowable (c.1292)

[ FEW: *3,148b dotare; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  dowable adj.; MED:  douable adj.; DMLBS: 725a dotabilis ]
doable,  douable,  douwable,  doweable  

a.

1lawdowable, entitled to dower
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Et ne mie soulement sount femmes dowables des terres [...] dount lour barouns eint esté seisiz [...] eynz purrount estre dowez des acunes terres qe deivent reverter al heir le baroun [...]  ii 239
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  nule femme n’est doable si ele n’eit esté solempnement esposee al hus de moustier  177
( 1313 )  de tiel estat est la femme douwable a la commune ley  Ed II xiv.ii 117
nient dowable
nientdowable
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