Browse by Letter
Choose language
Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwílen

Back to Letter H
Definitions

Definitions

1 definitions

1 hwílen

adj. Lasting only for a time, transitory, brief :-- Uton sibbe tó him on ðás hwílnan tíd hǽlu sécan let us seek in this brief season [the present life] peace and salvation from him, Exon. 97 b; Th. 365, 10; Wal. 87. [O. H. Ger. hwílin temporalis.]
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᛁᛚᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.
German

Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
View All Sources