Middle English Dictionary Entry
unmūtāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | unmūtāble adj. |
| Etymology | From mūtāble adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Unchangeable, constant, stable.
Associated quotations
- a1456(1429) Lydg.Hen.VI Coron.Ballade (Trin-C R.3.20)123 : Prynce excellent, be feythful, truwe, and stable…Be liberal, of courage vnmutable.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.243 : Ech thyng heer of nature is chaungable…Yit koude I rekne thynges that be stable: As vertuous [lyf] abidyng vnmutable, Set hool to Godward of herte, will & thouht, Maugre thi poweer, & ne chaungith nouht.
- a1475(1430) Lydg.St.Marg.(Dur-U Cosin V.2.14)19 : Ay vnmutable in hir stablenesse…So was hir herte roted on constaunce.
- a1500(?c1414) ?Brampton PPs.(1) (Sln 1853)209 : Thou [Christ] art unmutable be kynd! There is no changyng foundyn in the.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)132 : Crist…is an vnmutable frende, a gentil frende, & a myghty frende.