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hwíl-wende

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§267; §638;
Add: , hwílende.
of duration,
temporary, not lasting long, not permanent
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  • Medemmicel hwíl is ꝥ g mé ne geseóð, and eft is lylel fæc ꝥ gé mé eft geseóð . . . Þeós hwílwende gesihð . . . , Hml. A. 74, 40, Hí ná tó þǽre hwílendre (

    ad illam momentaneam) mihtan dǽdbóte becuman. Wé forsceamiað nú on lytlum timan dǽdbóte dón, Scint. 49, 9. II. of a person, concerned with the things of time ; of things, temporal, not spiritual or eternal :-- Sé þe hwílende (tempo-rarius )

    ys on blisse, éce hé byð on wíte,
      Scint. 172, 7.
  • Him síhð on þyssa hwílwendra þinga lufu

    inter hos amor temporalium rerum grassatur

    ,
      R. Ben. 139, 26.
  • Þú wǽre nú oð þis úpáhafen on þisse worulde ǽhtum and hwílwendum weorcum; nú gedafnað þé ꝥ þú beó úpáhafen on gást-licum welum,

      Hml. S. 30, 118.
Etymology
[Þeos world is whilende, O. E. Hml. i. 7, 20. Þis world fareþ hwilynde, hwenne on cumeþ an oþer goþ, Misc. 94, 31.]
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Word-wheel

  • hwíl-wende, adj.