Middle English Dictionary Entry
heritāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | heritāble adj. |
| Etymology | OF iretable, heritable. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. enheritable.
1.
Inheritable; -- used fig.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 Knowyn alle men (BodKCh 233)98/16 : To havyn and heldyn that swete place [heaven]..To crystene man that synne wyl fle, Heritable and in fee, For the servise that lyt therinne.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(1472) Worcester DSP (Trin-C O.5.6)164/4 fn. : [Scrope: And he saithe: sende a pistle to Alexaundre that Kings be worshupped bi iij causes, that is to say: for instruccion of good lawis, for conquestis of] regions heritable.
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