- feallendlic
- adj unstable, perishable, transient
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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