Middle English Dictionary Entry
werriāble adj.
Entry Info
Forms | werriāble adj. Also warriable, variable. |
Etymology | Prob. from OF guerriable, guerreable (vars. of guerroiable) assimilated to the spelling of ME wer(re n., werreien v., etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Suitable for war.
Associated quotations
- c1475(c1420) Page SRouen (Eg 1995)p.4 : The wallys was fulle varyable [vr. warryable], And the dychys depe and fensabylle.