pendable (s.xiiiin)

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pendable (s.xiiiin)

[ gdw]

[ FEW: 8,176b pendere; Gdf: ; GdfC: 10,310c pendable; TL: 7,611 pendable; DEAF:  pendre (pendable); DMF:  pendable; TLF:  pendable; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 2171c pendibilis ]
 

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1able to hang, be suspended
( MS: s.xiiiex )  hic et hec pensilis et hoc pensile: pendable  ii 167
2deserving of being hanged by the neck
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Cil ki n'ad nul ben en sei, Coment le ben dirreit de tei? En plet ne deit aver escut Ki est pendable de tut en tut  816
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  en lur fet se pruvent, sanz fable, K'eus meimes sunt par dreture dampnable (var. (Y: s.xiii4/4) pendable)  3874 (var.)
lawhangable, subject to a sentence of hanging by the neck
( 1260; MS: c.1300 )  En quel cas puet un homme conustre sey estre larun e aver un boef emblé [...] e ne mie estre pendable par jugement  125.37
( c.1300 )  il est pendable par jugement  i 59
( 1313-14 )  pur ceo q'il ust donges debrusé la prisone et par taunt serroit il pendable  Ed II v 104
loc pendable
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( MS: s.xiii )  pensulam: barre, loc pendable  ii 94.158
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  pensule: (L) loc pendable (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) loc pendant)  ii 81.173
pendant  pendement  penderol  pendre#1  pendur  pendure  pentis  suspendable 
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