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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1456
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Cor(r)umpab(i)le, a. [ME. (Chaucer) and e.m.E. cor(r)umpable.] Corruptible. — a1400 Legends of the Saints l. 967.
This kinrik corumpabile 1456 Hay II. 88/10. 1456 Ib. 11.
For (= because) the lustis ar corrumpable and the charge perdurable
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