Middle English Dictionary Entry
fortūnāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fortūnāble adj. |
| Etymology | Cp. OF fortunable unlucky. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Favored by fortune, fortunate.
Associated quotations
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.321 : The hilles of those yles be clothede as by fortunable enchaunce with herbes and other commodites.
- a1500(?a1400) Brut Descr.Edw.III (Hrl 753)333/7 : He dred neuer of none..evyll fortune þat myȝt falle a noble warryour, and a fortunable [vr. fortunate].
- a1500 Erly in a someristide (Lamb 306)51 : There was neuer birde..More fortunable [vr. fortunat] in a felde þan þat birde hath be.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)164/3 : Thei haue none othir speris ne harneys but ye haue as good ..; their vre shall nat alweyes be fortunable in their dedis, forasmoch as fortune is alweye variable.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)393 : The lord Wiloughby, full fortunable.