hwíl-wende
- adjective
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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.
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Hé hí mǽrsaþ on ðære écan worulde for heora hwílwendum geswince ðises sceortan lífes,
- 562, 5.
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Ðæt hí gelýfon tó geágenne ða écan welan, ða ðe for his naman ða hwílwendan spéda forhogiaþ,
- i. 64, 20.
Bosworth, Joseph. “hwíl-wende.” 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/20164.
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