whilwende
Middle English
Alternative forms
- whilende
Etymology
From Old English hwilwende (“temporary, transitory”), also hwilende.
Adjective
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
- English: whilend