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hwíl-tídum

  • adverb
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Grammar
hwíl-tídum, dat. pl. as adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§557;
At times, sometimes
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  • Hwíltídum oððe nú ðá

    modo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
    • ;
    • Som. 41, 37
    • :

    aliquando,

    • Past. 57, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 437, 3
    • :
    • Lchm. iii. 240, 23
    • :
    • 242, 18.
  • Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan

    also at certain times he must be prepared for many kinds of work at the lord's pleasure,

    • L. R. S. 5
    • ;
    • Th. i. 436, 3.
  • Ðeós woruld ðeáh ðe beó myrige hwíltídum geþuht sý

    this world though sometimes it appear joyous,

    • Homl. Th. i. 154, 17.
  • Seó sǽ is hwíltídum smylte and myrige on tó rówene, hwílon eác swiðe hreóh and egeful on tó beónne,

    • 182, 32.
Etymology
[
Cf. O. H. Ger. stunt-hwíla momentum,
Grff. iv. 1226.]
Full form

Word-wheel

  • hwíl-tídum, adv.