Middle English Dictionary Entry
ērāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ērāble adj. |
| Etymology | From ēren , on the model of arāble. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Fit for tillage, arable.
Associated quotations
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Semblable (Ashm 59)78 : Falowes, pastures, and lande ayreable.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)20.48 : In þat place Is there non Erable lond.
- (?1461) Paston (Gairdner)4.18 : xl acre lond erable, j medwe.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)224/21 : All hys erable londe in the feelde of blechesdon.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)609/10 : Thei saugh..the erable londe and the feire fisshinge.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)43 : Many acres off erybyll londe.