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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Failȝeand, Falȝeand, ppl. a. [Northern ME. failand (c 1300), ME. faylynge.] Failing, transitory.a1400 Leg. S. iii. 961.
And fore this ioy falȝeand, thu Ay-lestand ioy has chosine nov c1460 Wisd. Sol. 466.
Thinkand it was na wyt … till occupy hyme in syk falȝeand and rotable vanite a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1276.
The … falȝeand fauouris of carnale effectioun Ib. 1459. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxvi. 2.
The failȝeand and frutles bissines Ib. 94.
Off this fals fallȝeand warld I tyre
