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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mufabil(l, Mofabil(l, a. Also: mufabile, mwfabil, muff-, mwffabill; mofabile, -abyl, mofeable. [Var. of Movabil(l a.] Movable (goods). = Movabil(l a. 1.(1) 1400 Maxwell Mem. I. 138.
The forsayd Robert sal vnderga of tha dettis [of his deceased father] the tane half gyf thair be nocht tyl assith thaim of hys awyn mofabyl gude 14.. Quon. Attach. c. 3.
The quhilkis ar pledyt be wrang & vnlaw apon muffabill gudis 1527 Carnwath Baron Ct. MS. 75.
Mwffabill Ib. 36.
Mofabil gudis 1531 Ib. 68.
To haf forfalt … al thair mwfabil gudis takis & steddingis 1533 Ib. 78.
Mufabil(2) 1400 Maxwell Mem. I. 138.
Owr landis, rentis and possessyonys and al owr gud mofabyl and vnmofabyl 1423–4 Wemyss Chart. 47.
Al owre gudis, mofeable and vnmofeable 1482 Edinb. Chart. 155.
Thair … gudis mofabill and vnmofabill als weil nocht common as common(3) 1500 Prot. Bk. J. Young 243.
To be nerrest … air … of the mofabile gudis of airschip
