Middle English Dictionary Entry
crēāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | crēāble adj. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Trustworthy, reliable; (b) ?worthy, creditable [?error for greable].
Associated quotations
a
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)81 : He was offten and dyuers tymes warned by dyuers and creable persones.
b
- a1500 BodAdd.A.106 Lapid.(BodAdd A.106)p.51 : Electoyr..sal make a man to be stabil & [g crossed out] creabil to al maner of thynges.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)65 : All þe maner of achates..he..makeþ god spekyng togeder & creable.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Gt.Chron.(Gldh 3313)141 : He was often…warned by diverse and creable persones…that my said lord of Gloucestre purposed hym bodely harme.
Note: Supplemental material for sense (a).--per MLL