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nuncreable (c.1165)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: 2/ii,1301b credere; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: 6,780 noncrëable; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

noncreable, nouncreable

a.1incredible, unbelievable ♦ untrustworthy 2incredulous, refusing to believe ♦ unbelieving, lack (true) faith
s.1unbeliever, one who lacks (true) faith

a.

1incredible, unbelievable:

( c.1334; MS: s.xiv^m ) les noveles merveillouses et [...] a poi noun creables 212.15

♦untrustworthy:

( 1214; MS: 1214-16 ) commencer e non parfaire Fait home vein e non creable 1925

2incredulous, refusing to believe:

( c.1334; MS: s.xiv^m ) lez lettres lui firent tourner a dolour, et le fist nouncreable, qar le roi [...] defendi al messager [...] qe riens de sa femme ne del enfaunt parlast 212.8

♦theol.unbelieving, lack (true) faith:

( c.1165; MS: s.xiii² ) Tant est fol peoples nuncreables Que en veines choses nunverables Unt lur creance e lur espeir 190.17

( MS: c.1300 ) O tu deus ki es sire de tutes choses, ki les nuncreables angeles mesis en emfern 26v

s.

1theol.unbeliever, one who lacks (true) faith:

( 1214; MS: 1214-16 ) A cest mot (=doctrine of transubstantiation) lors, com non creable, Icele se prist a sozrire 2192

creable mescreable nientcreable

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