1compassionate, caring, kind :
(
c.1136-65;
MS: c.1200
)
Heom soffraitos est piteable, Misericors e amiable
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theol.merciful, benevolent towards humankind:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
Kar tu ies, Sire, bons et piteables
(Latin: bonus et propitiabilis)
156.LXXXV.5
2pitiable, lamentable, deserving of compassion:
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: 1307-15
)
li douz sires piteables
(=J.C.), sicom il pur nus [...] par sa tresgrant benigneté i
(=on the cross) pendi, [...]
206.11
piteable (s.xii1)