Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Akin to Old English hwīl, Old High German wila. <span class="searchmatch">hwīla</span> f while that ik hier ni mag ēniga huīla libbian That I shouldn't live any...
From Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Cognate with Old Frisian hwīle, Old Saxon <span class="searchmatch">hwīla</span>, Old High German wīla, Old Norse hvíla, Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila). IPA(key):...
cease”), from Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, “hour”), akin to Old High German <span class="searchmatch">hwila</span> (“a while”) (or wila or hwil), compare German Weile. hvíla f (genitive singular...
Dates back at least to Proto-West Germanic *allā <span class="searchmatch">hwīlā</span>. Cognate with Old High German alla wīla. One of many fossilized phrases that became idiomatic when...