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renable, a. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈrɛnəb(ə)l|
Also 5 renabel, -abulle, -abyll, resnabyl, 7 rennible, 9 dial. -able, runnable.
[a. OF. renable, resnable (AF. also rednable), reis-, raisnable, etc.,:—L. ratiōnābil-em reasonable, rationable. The sense of ‘eloquent’ appears to be characteristic of AF. In later use prob. assoc. with renne run v.]
1. Of persons: Ready of speech, eloquent: speaking or reading fluently or distinctly; † esp. in phr. renable of tongue. (Cf. reasonable a. 3.)
c1290Beket 1336 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 144 Non of heom þar nas, Þat he preisede muche þis heiȝe man for he so renable was. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 8572 Renable nas he noȝt of tonge, ac of speche hastif. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. Prol. 158 A raton of renon most renable of tonge. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 25 He was..resonabel [v.r. renable, renabel] of speche [L. eloquens], and wel i-lettred. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 209 Of tong sho was trew and renable, And of hir semblant soft and stabile. c1460Towneley Myst. xxi. 110 Men calle hym a prophete, a lord fulle renabyll. 1781J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss., Renable, loquacious, and never at a stop or inconsistent in telling a story. 1868Sedgwick Mem. Cowgill Chapel 72 (E.D.D.), Some lassie who was bright and renable was asked to read for the amusement of the party.
b. Of speech, etc.: Ready, fluent, plain.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 11 Noble spekers, þat..faire facounde and resonable [v.r. renable] speche folowed and streynede all her lyf tyme. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 103 Þe ffyfte [virtue], þat he be curtays..and..of renable speche. a1450Myrc 1008 Hast þou also prowde I-be..for þow hast a renabulle tonge? 1643Bp. Hall Devout Soul ii. (1646) 5 Not [he] that hath the most rennible tongue (for prayer is not so much a matter of the lips, as of the heart). 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 33 We choose the renablest words belonging to the former, wherewith to set forth the latter. 1895E. Anglian Gloss., Rennable, plain, easy to be understood.
†2. Reasonable, moderate. Obs. rare—1.
1340Ayenb. 95 Þyse þri þinges byeþ nyeduolle to alle þe þinges þet in þe erþe wexeþ. Guod molde, wocnesse norissynde, and renable hete. |