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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Stabillit, -yt, Stablit, ppl. adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. stablyd (c1400), stabilid (c1449), stabled (1568); Stabil(l v.¹] Immoveable, unmoving, still; steadfast. —c1490 Porteous Noblenes 177/3 (A).
To haue … seker purpos and stablit corage 1513 Doug. i iv 3.
Neptune … Vndir the stabillit hevin movit in his chare 1513 Doug. v xiv 84.
The stabillit hevin and calmyt see 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 52.
The stablit [Ruddim. stabillyt] wyndis and the cawmyt see, The soft sesson, the firmament sereyn