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hwílend-líc

  • adjective
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hwílend-líc, adj.
Lasting only for a time, of time, temporal, temporary, transitory
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  • Þrió þing sindon on ðís middanearde. Án is hwílendlíc ... Óðer þing is éce ... Þridde þing is éce

    three things there are in this world. One is of time ... the second ... and the third are of eternity,

    • Bt. 42
      • ;
    • Fox 256, 15.

  • Ðá se cyning wæs ceasterwara gefremed ðæs écan ríces and wolde eft ðæt éþel sécan his hwílendlícan ríces

    rex æterni regni jam civis effectus, temporalis sui regni sedem repetiit,

    • Bd. 3, 22
      • ;
    • S. 552, 33.

  • Mid ðýs hwílendlícan onwalde

    temporali potentia,

    • Past. 17, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 113, 11.

  • Mid ðissum hwílendlícum þingum

    temporali sollicitudine,

    • 18, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 139, 7
      • .

  • Ðú næfst ða hwílendlícan árwyrþnessa ðe ðú ǽr hæfdest

    thou hast not those temporary dignities that thou hadst before,

    • Bt. 8
      • ;
    • Fox 24, 31.
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v. hwílwendlíc.
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v.  hwílwend-líc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hwílend-líc.” 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/20158.

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