feallendlic

feallendlic
adj unstable, perishable, transient

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • unstable — early 13c., apt to move, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + STABLE (Cf. stable) (adj.). Cf. M.H.G. unstabel. Meaning liable to fall is recorded from c.1300; sense of fickle is attested from late 13c. An O.E. word for this was feallendlic, which might… …   Etymology dictionary

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