whilend

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whilend

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From Middle English whilende, whilwende, from Old English hwīlende, hwīlwende (“transitory, temporary, temporal”), from hwīl (“time, while”) + -wende (“moving, going about, turning”, suffix), equivalent to while + wending.

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obsolete Passing; temporal; temporary; not lasting; not permanent; transient; transitory; not eternal.

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@misc{whilend_2026,
  title = {whilend},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whilend},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}