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hwilwende

hwilwende

Old English

Alternative forms

  • hwīlende

Adjective

hwīlwende

  1. (of duration) temporary, not lasting long, not permanent
  2. (of a person) concerned with the things of time
  3. (of things) temporal, rather than spiritual

Declension

Weak Strong
case singular plural case singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative hwīlwenda hwīlwende hwīlwende hwīlwendan nom. hwīlwende hwīlwende hwīlwendu hwīlwende hwīlwendu, -e hwīlwenda, -e
accusative hwīlwendan hwīlwende hwīlwendan acc. hwīlwendne hwīlwende hwīlwende hwīlwende hwīlwendu, -e hwīlwenda, -e
genitive hwīlwendan hwīlwendra, hwīlwendena gen. hwīlwendes hwīlwendes hwīlwendre hwīlwendra
dative hwīlwendan hwīlwendum dat. hwīlwendum hwīlwendum hwīlwendre hwīlwendum
instrumental hwīlwende

Derived terms

  • hwīlwendlīċ
  • hwīlwendlīċe

References

  • Toller, T. Northcote, and Joseph Bosworth. "hwíl-wende." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth : Supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921. 583.