† 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.
| 1390 Gower Conf. III. 373 Thou miht noght make suite and chace, Wher that the game is nought pernable [v.r. parnable]. |