hwila
Old Saxon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Akin to Old English hwīl, Old High German wila.
Noun
[edit]hwīla f
- while
- that ik hier ni mag ēniga huīla libbian(Genesis, verse 67)
- That I shouldn't live any moment
- period of time
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hwīla | hwīla |
| accusative | hwīla | hwīla |
| genitive | hwīlō | hwīlanō |
| dative | hwīlu | hwīlum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
[edit]- German Low German: Wiel
Categories:
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon nouns
- Old Saxon feminine nouns
- Old Saxon terms with usage examples
- Old Saxon a-stem nouns