A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Meble, Mebile, n. [ME. meble (15th c., Awntyrs Arth., Douce MS.), moeble (14th–15th c.), OF. moeble (F. meuble): cf. Mobil(l.] Movable property, collectively. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xvi. 504.
That thai wald of his mebile tak a1400 Ib. xliv. 87.
Meble a1400 Ib. xlvi. 77.
For scho had landis fare & sere And meble in gret quantyte
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