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wancol

  • adjective
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wancol, adj.
Unstable, uncertain, fickle, fluctuating
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  • Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurfulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíþe wancol

    se instabilem muta*-*tione demonstrat,

      Bt. 20; Fox 70, 35.
  • Nú ðú hæfst ongyten ða wanclan (wonclan, v. l.) treówa ðæs blindan lustes

    deprehendisti caeci numinis ambiguos vultus,

      7, 2 ; Fox 18, 3.
Etymology
[Ðis wunder (the mermaid) wuneð in wankel stede, Misc. 18, 566. This worlde is wondur wankille, Halliw. Dict. O. Sax. wankol (hugi): O. H. Ger. wanchal lubricus, infidelis. Cf. O. L. Ger. wankil-heidíí fluctuatio.]
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  • wancol, adj.