hwilwende
Old English
adj
Definitions
- (of duration) temporary, not lasting long, not permanent
- (of a person) concerned with the things of time
- (of things) temporal, rather than spiritual
Etymology
Suffix from Old English hwīl (time, while).
Origin
Old English
hwīl
Gloss
time, while
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
⏲️ 🕐️ 🕑️ 🕒️ 🕓️ 🕔️ 🕕️ 🕖️ 🕗️ 🕘️ 🕙️ 🕚️ 🕛️ 🕜️ 🕝️ 🕞️ 🕟️ 🕠️ 🕡️ 🕢️ 🕣️ 🕤️ 🕥️ 🕦️ 🕧️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- while English
- whilere English
- *hwīlō Proto-Germanic
- beorhthwil Old English
- earfoþhwil Old English
- gesceaphwil Old English
- gescæphwil Old English
- hwīl Old English
- preowthwil Old English
- æmethwil Old English
- whilwende Middle English