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hwílum

  • adverb
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Grammar
hwílum, hwílon; dat. pl. as adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§557;
At times, for a time, sometimes, whilome
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  • Hwílon ic dyde swá

    aliquando feci sic ...

    Dudum

    gefyrn,

    quondam

    hwílon,

    and

    olim

    getácniaþ þreó tída, forþgewitene and andwerde and tówerde,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 39, 62-4.

  • Ic wiste ðæt ðú hwílon lufodest God

    scivi te aliquando amasse Deum,

    • 24
      • ;
    • Som. 25, 9.

  • Ða ðe on horsum hwílon wǽron

    qui ascenderunt equos,

    • Ps. Th. 75, 5.

  • Hwílum tó gebede feóllon

    sometimes they fell to praying,

    • Cd. 37
      • ;
    • Th. 48, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 777: 38
      • ;
    • Th. 50, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 810
      • .

  • Hí hwílum gelýfaþ

    qui ad tempus credunt,

    • Lk. Skt. 8, 13.

  • Hwílon ǽr wé wǽron hér and bohton ús hwǽte

    jam ante descendimus, ut emeremus escas,

    • Gen. 43, 20.

  • Ic secge ðæt ic hwílon ǽr forsúwode

    I say what I sometime before passed over in silence,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 18, 27.

  • Hwílan ǽr,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 29, 106
      • ;
    • Met. 29, 53.

  • Hwílum on áne healfe hwílum on ǽlce healfe

    now on one side, now on every side,

    • Chr. 891
      • ;
    • Erl. 88, 20.

  • Ða hálgan láreówas hwílon sprecaþ be ðam Ælmihtigan Fæder and his Sunu, hwílon swutollíce embe ðære Hálgan Ðrynnesse,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 56, 26
      • :
    • Cd. 216
      • ;
    • Th. 273, 7-12
      • ;
    • Sat. 132-5
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. hwílun
:
O. H. Ger. hwílon paulatim, nunc; hwílom ... hwílom modo ... modo
:
M. H. Ger. wílont. Grff. iv. 1225
:
Ger. weiland formerly.
]
Linked entries
v.  HWÍL hwílon.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hwílum.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20163.

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