eldertongue

Old English · adjective

hwilwende

Normalised hwīlwende

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈxwiːl.wen.de/
[ˈʍiːɫ.wen.de]
Syllables
ˈxwiːl · wen · de (3 syllables)
Modern English
temporarywhilendpermanentconcernedtemporalrather

Meaning

  1. temporary, not lasting long, not permanent

  2. concerned with the things of time

  3. temporal, rather than spiritual

Declension

All forms (11)

Etymology

From hwīl + -wende.

Descendants

whilend

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hwilwende · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution