Inert - yet changing time without end (8)
I believe the answer is:
eternity
'time without end' is the definition.
'inert yet changing' is the wordplay.
'changing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'inert'+'yet'='inertyet'
'inertyet' with letters rearranged gives 'ETERNITY'.
(Other definitions for eternity that I've seen before include "Sort of ring" , "Wolfgang Amadeus -" , "Jean-Paul --, French author" , "Unending time" , "Evermore" .)