Middle English Dictionary Entry
fēbletẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fēbletẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | From adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Weakness, feebleness, debility.
Associated quotations
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)14.456 : For febilte myhte he speke nowghte.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)37.285 : What for fastyng and for febelte, they weren so Ouercomen.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)2.13.39b : Deceyved be..hire owne fleschly febilte.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.223 : Beholde..þe grete febilte Of tho þat vice han in affeccioun.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)3.166 : God hym-selue no-þing wrooth shulde bee With thyn age ne wyth thi febilte.