whilwende

Middle English

Alternative forms

• whilende

Etymology

From Old English hwilwende (“temporary, transitory”), also hwilende.

Adjective

whilwende

1. temporary, transitory, not permanent, lasting a short time.

   Þe castel ... bi-tacnet þeos world, is whilende and ontful and swiðe lewe and swincful. — Lambert Homilies

Descendants

• English: whilend