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hwíl-wende

  • adjective
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Grammar
hwíl-wende, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§267; §638;
Temporary, lasting for a time, not eternal
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  • Him fremede tó écere hǽlþe seó hwílwende ehtnys

    the persecution that lasted but for a time, helped him to the salvation which lasts for ever,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 528, 7.
  • Hé hí mǽrsaþ on ðære écan worulde for heora hwílwendum geswince ðises sceortan lífes,

    • 562, 5.
  • Ðæt hí gelýfon tó geágenne ða écan welan, ða ðe for his naman ða hwílwendan spéda forhogiaþ,

    • i. 64, 20.
Etymology
[
Cf. Goth. hweila-hwairbs lasting only for a time.
]
Linked entries
v.  hwílende.
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Word-wheel

  • hwíl-wende, adj.