wainabilis

wainabilis (g-) [wainare+-bilis; cf. AN gainable], (of land) that may be productively or profitably cultivated. a1181 vj acras de terra gwainnabili (Eden) Feod. Durh. 134n; 1187 amplius quam inclusum est [ad pratum falcandum] ‥ R. ‥ poterit includere ‥ nisi antea fuerit terra guainabilis E. Ch. Yorks I 499; ? a1200 duos seillones terre wainiabilis Augm. Bk. 32 no. 80; c1200 mariscum et terram wanibilem (Blackborough, Norf) MonA IV 206b; 1215 possint essartare boscum suum ‥ et facere inde terram waignabilem Cl 221a; 1215 (1335) usque ad terram waynabilem que fuit Ricardi de S., et de terra illa usque ad pontum B. sicut campus wainabilis extendit (Worc.) CalCh IV 338; c1250 in tercia parte terre wanabilia [sic] ‥ que jacet in campo de T. Cart. Sallay 577; 1290 viij bovatas in terra gaingabili [CalCh II 381: †gavingabili] ChartR 77 m. 16; 1293 terra waynnabilis IPM 65/13 m. 2; ? 12‥ totam coturam meam de B. wannabilem FormA 184.

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