† pernable,a.Obs. [a. AF.pernable=OF.prenable (12th c. in Wace), f.pern-=pren-, stem of prendre to take.] Proper to be taken or caught. 1390Gower Conf. III. 373 Thou miht noght make suite and chace, Wher that the game is nought pernable [v.r. parnable].