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hwílum

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hwílum, In l. 3 for quandam l.
Wright's OE grammar
§557;
quondam, and add
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  • Hwílum

    nunc

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 43.
of more or less repeated action,
sometimes, at times
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  • Ðá ðe hwílum (cf. hwíltídum, 3) gedúfað on ðǽm miclum scyldum

    qui aliquando in gravibus noxis demerguntur

    ,
      Past. 437, 33 : Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 33: 39. 9; F. 226, 12 : Bl. H. 227, 7.
  • (l a) of alternate or contrasted action,
hwílum . . . hwílum
sometimes . . . at others
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  • Hwílum þurh wífes geweald, hwílum þurh weres,

      Bl. H. 195, 4-5 : 203, 14-15.
hwílum
in the second clause only
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  • Þǽr hé hæfþ weallendne lég and hwílum cyle þone grimmestan,

      Bl. H. 61, 35.
of a single past event,
once, some time ago
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  • Sétnung hwílum ł for longe áworden

    seditio quondam facta

    ,
      Lk. R. L. 23, 19.

  • Hwílon wacodon menn swá swá gewunelic is ofer án deád líc,

      Hml. S. 21, 289.
of a future event, at some future time
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  • Hwílum (æt sumum cyrre, W. S.) gicerred

    aliquando conuersus

    ,
      Lk. R. L. 22, 32.
Similar entries
v. ǽr-hwílum, geó-hwílum, nú-hwílum.
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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/53592.

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