Middle English Dictionary Entry
mē̆nāble adj.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | mē̆nāble adj.(1) Also meanabil. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of a wind: suitable for sailing, favorable; (b) liable to be led, pliable, controllable.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1067 : Suche wyndes..thogh thei beginne lowe, At ende thei be noght menable, Bot al tobroken Mast and Cable.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1123 : Tho began to blowe A wynd menable fro the lond.
- c1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8)439/3 : The wethur and wynde was feyre and menabull.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2703 : Fro the storme abide or stopp atide..with meanabil wynd sette on the see.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.390 : And thogh a man be resonable, Yit after kinde he is menable To love, wher he wole or non.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.2762 : Wher as the lawe is resonable, The comun poeple stant menable, And if the lawe torne amis, The poeple also mistorned is.