hwilwende

Old English

Alternative forms

• hwīlende

Etymology

From hwīl +‎ -wende.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxwiːl.wen.de/, [ˈʍiːɫ.wen.de]

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

Declension of hwīlwende — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hwīlwende	hwīlwendu, hwīlwendo	hwīlwende
Accusative	hwīlwendne	hwīlwende	hwīlwende
Genitive	hwīlwendes	hwīlwendre	hwīlwendes
Dative	hwīlwendum	hwīlwendre	hwīlwendum
Instrumental	hwīlwende	hwīlwendre	hwīlwende
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hwīlwende	hwīlwenda, hwīlwende	hwīlwendu, hwīlwendo
Accusative	hwīlwende	hwīlwenda, hwīlwende	hwīlwendu, hwīlwendo
Genitive	hwīlwendra	hwīlwendra	hwīlwendra
Dative	hwīlwendum	hwīlwendum	hwīlwendum
Instrumental	hwīlwendum	hwīlwendum	hwīlwendum

Declension of hwīlwende — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hwīlwenda	hwīlwende	hwīlwende
Accusative	hwīlwendan	hwīlwendan	hwīlwende
Genitive	hwīlwendan	hwīlwendan	hwīlwendan
Dative	hwīlwendan	hwīlwendan	hwīlwendan
Instrumental	hwīlwendan	hwīlwendan	hwīlwendan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hwīlwendan	hwīlwendan	hwīlwendan
Accusative	hwīlwendan	hwīlwendan	hwīlwendan
Genitive	hwīlwendra, hwīlwendena	hwīlwendra, hwīlwendena	hwīlwendra, hwīlwendena
Dative	hwīlwendum	hwīlwendum	hwīlwendum
Instrumental	hwīlwendum	hwīlwendum	hwīlwendum

Derived terms

• hwīlwendlīċ
• hwīlwendlīċe

Descendants

• Middle English: whilwende
  • English: whilend

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hwíl-wende”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.