Middle English Dictionary Entry
lābil(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | lābil(e adj. |
| Etymology | L lābilis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of the mind or attention: forgetful, wandering, prone to lapse, unreliable; (b) of worldly affairs, etc.: transitory, unstable.
Associated quotations
a
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)5079 : My lytyl experyence in rymygs art, My labyl mynde, & þe dulnesse Of my wyt.
b
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)59.26 (v.1:p.355) : In the monasterie .. al the labile and slideryng thyngis of this worlde were fer vndir it, and .. it was abouen al tho thyngis which here bynethyn arn vertible and evir turnyng abouten.