hwil

Old English

Alternative forms
  • hƿil

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwīlō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Old High German wīla (German Weile), Old Saxon hwīla (Middle Low German wîl), Dutch wijl, Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕwila), Old Norse hvíla (Swedish vila). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast, farmer's food”) and the second element of Latin tranquillus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʍiːl/

Noun

hwīl f

  1. while, period of time
    sume hwīle
    for a while
    lȳtle hwīle
    for a little while
    ealle þā hwīle
    all the while, the whole time

Declension
Declension of hwil (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hwīl hwīla, hwīle
accusative hwīle hwīla, hwīle
genitive hwīle hwīla
dative hwīle hwīlum

Derived terms
  • ǣmethwīl (free time)
  • bearhtmhwīl (moment)
  • beorhthwīl (glance)
  • handhwīl (moment)
  • hwīlstycce (fragment of time)
  • hwīlum (sometimes)
  • hwīlwende (temporary)
  • nūhwīlum (nowadays)

Descendants

References
  • HWÍL in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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