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Middle English
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
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