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hwílwend-lic

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of duration,
temporary, not of long duration, not eternal
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  • Ðreó þing synd on middanearde, án is hwílwendlic, þe hæfð ǽgðer ge ordfruman ge ende. . . Óðer þing is éce, swá ꝥ hit hæfð ordfruman and næfð nénne ende. . . Ðridde þing is éce, swá ꝥ hit næfð náðor ne ordfiumau ne ende,

      Hml. S. I. 25-31.

  • Án líf is hwílwendlic, óðer éce,

      Hml. Th. ii. 440, 4.

  • Hí wǽron gehǽlede tó hwílwendlicum lífe,

      240, 15.

  • Þǽra hǽðenra wíta synd hwílwendlice,

      Hml. S. II, 127.

  • For þissum hwí-wendlicum yflum brúcað ðǽra écera góda on worulda woruld,

      30, 449.
temporal, not spiritual
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  • Ðám rícan wæs forgolden mid ðám hwílwendlicum spédum,

      Hml. Th. i. 332, 5.

  • Hú hé geheólde þá hwílwendlican geþincþu. Hml. S. 26, 113. II a. physical, not spiritual and eternal :-- Hit gedafenode Godes weorcum ꝥ se ælmihtiga, sé þe is éce leóht, ǽrest ꝥ hwílwendlice leóht geworhte

    congruit operibus Dei, ut a luce aeterna lux temporalis primo fieret

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      Angl. vii. 18, 159.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hwílwend-lic.” 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/53594.

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