hwil
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
- hƿīl
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Cognate with Old Frisian hwīle, Old Saxon hwīla, Old High German wīla, Old Norse hvíla, Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hwīl f
- while, period of time
- sume hwīle ― for a while
- lȳtle hwīle ― for a little while
- ealle hwīle ― the whole time
Declension edit
Declension of hwil (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms edit
- ǣmethwīl (“free time”)
- bearhtmhwīl (“moment”)
- beorhthwīl (“glance”)
- ealle hwīle
- handhwīl (“moment”)
- hwīlstyċċe (“fragment of time”)
- hwīlum (“sometimes”)
- hwīlwende (“temporary”)
- nūhwīlum (“nowadays”)
- þā hwīle þe (“while”) (conjunction)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HWÍL”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.