From hwil (“beetle”) + -en. <span class="searchmatch">hwilen</span> f (plural hwilennow) weevil Synonyms: gowdhan, pryv...
Cognate with Welsh gwiddon. gowdhan m (plural gowdhanes) weevil Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">hwilen</span>, pryv Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard...
Cornish Wikipedia has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">hwilen</span> Wikipedia kw From Middle Cornish whyl, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swey- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate...
insect, bug Synonym: hweskeren worm Synonym: buluk weevil Synonyms: gowdhan, <span class="searchmatch">hwilen</span> hager bryv (“serpent”) pryv del (“caterpillar”) pryv malan (“snake pipefish...
(“minor”) gorra nebonan yn-dann anles (“disadvantage somebody”, verb) ny gosk <span class="searchmatch">hwilen</span> yn-dann droos (“hive of activity”) palas yn-dann (“undermine”, verb) patent...
trace the meaning in an adjectival sense for while back to Old English, <span class="searchmatch">hwīlen</span>, "passing, transitory". It is also seen in whilend, "temporary, transitory"...
erghen ervinen ewonen eylen gwedhen gwedren gwenenen gwydhvosen hesken <span class="searchmatch">hwilen</span> kennen knowen kollen lowrwedhen mesklen moryonen mosen oberen pluven pubren...