hwilum
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hwīlum, dative plural of hwīl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxwiː.lum/, [ˈʍiː.lum]
Adverb
hwīlum
- sometimes
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24[1]:
- Iċ eom wunderliċu wiht, wrǣsne mīne stefne, hwīlum beorce swā hund, hwīlum blǣte swā gāt, hwīlum grǣde swā gōs, hwīlum ġielle swā hafoc,…
- I am a wonderful thing, change my voice, sometimes bark like a hound, sometimes bleat like a goat, sometimes cry like a goose, sometimes yell like a hawk,…
- once (at some point in the past)
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- honda ond hēafod, · swā hē hwīlum ǣr
in ġeārdagum · ġiefstōlas brēac.- hands and head, like he once before,
in days of yore, enjoyed gifts of throne.
- hands and head, like he once before,
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Hwīlon cōm sē deofol, on ānre dīgelnysse, mid purpuran ġescrȳd, and mid helme ġeglenġd, tō ðām hālgan were, þǣr hē hine ġebǣd, and cwæð, þæt hē wǣre witodlīċe sē Hǣlend.
- Once the Devil came, shrouded in a purple garment and adorned with a crown, to the holy man in a recess where he was praying, and said that he was truly the Savior.
Descendants
- English: whilom