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Quodlibet, n. [ME and e.m.E. quodlibet (Piers Plowman), med. L. quodlibetum (a1300), f. L. quodlibet ‘what you will’, neuter of quilibet.] A question or problem in philosophy or theology, orig. one proposed as an exercise in disputation. — a1500 Prestis of Peblis 373.
And thus it is ȝour quodlibet and dout Ȝe gaue to vs to reid and gif it out
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