whilwende
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English hwilwende (“temporary, transitory”), also hwilende.
Adjective
[edit]whilwende
- temporary, transitory, not permanent, lasting a short time.
- Þe castel ... bi-tacnet þeos world, is whilende and ontful and swiðe lewe and swincful. — Lambert Homilies
Descendants
[edit]- English: whilend