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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1490-1586
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Instabilité, Instabilitie, -ytie, n. [ME. instabilitee (c 1422, Hoccleve), L. instabilitas.] Instability, unstableness. —1490 Irland Mir. I. 109/15.
Gret instabilite and wariaunce 1528 Lynd. Dreme 129.
This fals wardlis instabilytie 1535 Stewart 27669.
He knew so weill thair instabilitie c1552 Lynd. Mon. 120.
Of ilk stait the instabilitie a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS xiv. 61. a1578 Pitsc. I. 413/24.
