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HWÍL

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
HWÍL, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §325; §367;
A WHILE, space of time
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  • Wæs seó hwíl micel

    it was a great while,

    • Beo. Th. 295
      • ;
    • B. 146
      • .

  • Ðá wæs hwíl dæges ǽr hé ðone grundwong ongytan mihte

    it was a day's space ere he might feel the bottom,

    • 2995
      • ;
    • B. 1495.

  • Ǽr dæges hwíle

    before day-time,

    • 4630
      • ;
    • B. 2320.

  • On dæges hwíle

    in the day-time,

    • Cd. 191
      • ;
    • Th. 238, 4
      • ;
    • Dan. 349
      • .

  • Crist on dære hwíle tó helle gewende

    Christ during that time [while in the tomb] went to hell,

    • Homl. Th. i. 26, 35.

  • In hwíle tíde

    in momenta temporis,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 5.

  • Tó hwíle lǽn

    momentum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 15
      • ;
    • Som. 58, 47
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 21, 36
      • .

  • Bétan tó hwíle

    to make better for a time,

    • L. M. 3, 62
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 348, 21
      • .

  • Tó langre hwíle

    for a long while,

    • Cd. 24
      • ;
    • Th. 31, 22
      • ;
    • Gen. 489
      • .

  • Tó litelre hwíle.

    • Homl. Th. i. 64, 14.

  • Tó suíðe scortre hwíle.

    • Past. 36, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 255, 11
      • .

  • Ða hwíle his lífes

    vivendi spatia,

    • 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 249, 25
      • .

  • Ða hwíle ðisses andweardan lífes

    the time of this present life,

    • Bt. 18, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 66, 4.

  • Ða hwíle ðe his líf [tíma, l. 20] wæs,

    • Chr. 1016
      • ;
    • Erl. 155, 18
      • .

  • Sume hwíle

    some time,

    • 1055
      • ;
    • Erl. 190, 12
      • .

  • Góde hwíle ðone here gefliémde

    put the Danes to flight for a good while,

    • 837
      • ;
    • Erl. 66, 8.

  • Nú is ðínes mægnes blǽd áne hwíle

    for a while,

    • Beo. Th. 3528
      • ;
    • B. 1762.

  • Ǽnige hwíle,

    • 5090
      • ;
    • B. 2548.

  • Ealle hwíle

    all the while,

    • Byrht. Th. 140, 47
      • ;
    • By. 304
      • .

  • Nú hwíle

    just now,

    • Blickl. Homl. 109, 6.

  • Grendel wan hwíle wið Hróðgár

    Grendel strove for a time with Hrothgar,

    • Beo. Th. 306
      • ;
    • B. 152: 211
      • ;
    • B. 105
      • .

  • Ða ðe on carcerne hwíle wunedon.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 262
      • ;
    • An. 131
      • .

  • Man gíslade ða hwíle

    hostages were given the while,

    • Chron. 994
      • ;
    • Erl. 133, 29
      • .

  • Ða hwíle ðe ðú eart on wege mid him

    dum es in via cum eo,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 5, 25.

  • Ðá besæt sió fierd hie ðǽr útan ða hwíle ðe hie ðǽr lengest mete hæfdon

    the English force besieged the Danes there as long as ever they had provisions there,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 90, 29.

  • Hwíle mid weorce hwíle mid worde hwíle mid geþohte

    at one time with deed, at another with word, at another with thought,

    • Hy. 3, 44-5
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 44-5
      • .

  • Ðæs ungeendodan lífes hwila

    æternitatis infinita spatia,

    • Bt. 18, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 66, 5
      • .
Etymology
[
O. and N. hwile
:
A. R. hwule
:
Orm. while
:
Laym. while, wile
:
Goth. hweila
:
O. Sax. hwíla
:
O. Frs. hwíle
:
O. H. Ger. hwíla hora, momentum
:
Ger. weile
:
cf. Icel. hvíla a bed; hvíla rest.
]
Derived forms
bearhtm-, dæg-, earfoþ-, gesceap-, gryre-, hand-, langung-, orleg-, rót-, sige-, þræc-, wræc-hwíl
Similar entries
v. hwílum.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “HWÍL.” 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/20152.

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