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§126; §325; §367;
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an indefinite space of time
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  • Næs þá nán hwíl tó þám þæt . . .

    nec mora

    . . . ,
      Guth. Gr. 139, 3.

  • Næs þá nǽnig hwíl tó þan sóna swá hí út eódon, þá geségon hí þone hræfn

    nec mora, egredi-entes conspiciunt corvum

    ,
      144, 15 : 145, 23.

  • Næs þá nǽnig hwíl tó þan sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd

    confestim ut se cingulo illius succinxit

    ,
      148, 7: 154, 22.

  • On ðáre gǽlinge ðe hé ðá hwíle ámierreð,

      Past. 39, I.
    Uncúð bið ǽghwylcum ánum men . . . hwilce hwíle hine wille Drihten hér on worlde lǽtan. Bl. H. 125, 9. ¶ in oblique cases, alcne or with other words, with adverbial force.
acc.
alone
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  • Ne racantégum hwíle (

    jam

    ) ǽnig mon hine mæhte gibinda,
      Mk. R. L. 5, 3.

  • Ic hwíle wæs Heodeninga scop,

      Deór. 36.
with an adverb
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  • Þá þe hwíle ǽr edwít þoledon,

      Jud. 214.

  • Þá wítu ðe ic nú hwíle (

    now for a time, already

    ) þolode,
      Solil. H. 12, 4.
with a qualifying word
pronominal (demonst. or indef.)
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  • Þaacute; hwíle donec, i. dum, Wülck. Gl. 251, 9:

    dum

    , 21.

  • Heora nǽnig þá bǽre þá hwíle (

    the while, meanwhile

    ) áhóf,
      Bl. H. 153, 3.

  • Ic nát hú nyt ic þá hwíle beó þe ic þás word sprece,

      Ors. 4, 13: S. 212, 26.

  • His ríce hé heard-líce werode þá hwíle (hwíla,

    v. l.

    ) þe his tíma wæs,
      Chr. 1016 ; P. 149, 2.

  • Sume hwíle

    paulisper

    ,
      An. Ox. 4740.

  • Næs ic nǽefre gít náne hwíle swá emnes módes,

      Bt. 26, I; F. go, 25.

  • Monige hwíle bið þám men full wá,

      Gen. 634.

  • Óðer hwíle

    aliquando

    ,
      Lk. L. R. 22, 32.

  • Óþre hwíle biþ tó tǽlenne, óþre hwíle hit biþ tó heriganne

    nunc splendorem accipit, nunc amittit

    ,
      Bt. 27, 4; F. 100, 18.
adjective
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  • Hé lange hwíle on þǽm gebede wæs,

      Bl. H. 217, 28.

  • Lytle huíle (

    modi-cum tempus

    ) mið iú ham,
      Jn. L. 7, 33: Past. 333, 15.
in prepositional phrases
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  • Hú hrædlíce se fǽrlica deáð hié on lytelre hwíle bereáf-ode ðæs þe hié on longre hwíle mid unryhte striéndon

    quibus festina mors repente et simul abstulit quidquid eorum nequitia nec simul nec repente congregavit

    ,
      Past. 332, 16.

  • Hé heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde,

      Hml. S. 23, 219.

  • Tó hwíl (

    ad tempus

    ) geléfað,
      Lk. L. 8, 13.

  • Þá wæs ymb hwíle ðá gefelde hé . . . ,

      Bl. H. 217, 30.
(with constructions as in
)
an hour; hora.
as a definite space of time
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  • Ðás hlætmesto án tíd ł huíl (

    una hora

    ) worohton,
      Mt. L. 20, 12.

  • Ne mæhtest áne hwíle (huíle,

      L.) áwæccan ?, Mt. R. 26, 40.
as a sub-division of the day
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  • From þǽre syxta hwíle . . . oþ þe nigoþan hwíle. Æt þǽre nigoþan tíd (huíl,

      L.), Mt. R. 27, 45-46.
the time of day
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  • Tíd ł hwíl (tíma, W. S.) forð gewát

    hora praeteriit,

      Mt. R. L. 14, 15.
the time of an event
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  • Tó neáliceþ hwíl (ðiú huíl l tíd, L. )

    appropinquavit hora

    ,
      Mt. R. 26, 45.
  • On þǽre hwíle cwæð se Hǽlend,55.

  • Be ðǽm dæge and þára hwíle nǽnig wát,

      24, 36.

  • Tíd ł huíl (hwýl,

      R.), Mk. L. 13, 32.
Similar entries
v. beorht-hwíl, brae-hwíl, niht-hwíl, preówt-hwíl.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hwíl.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/53576.

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