Middle English Dictionary Entry
unabīding ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unabīding ppl. |
| Etymology | From abīding , ppl. of abīden v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Impermanent, transitory.
Associated quotations
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)49 : Fastne now þy beholdynge in þe contrary to see what medes and rewardes þay be þat crist ȝeueth to hyse seruauntys for þese vnabydyng thynges, for yf thees thynges vnder heuen þat are so fleeng and faylynge scholde in eny wyse be desyred, why not the thynges þat are aboue heuen…schold not moche moore delyte þe hertys of men.