hwil

== Cornish == === Etymology === From Middle Cornish whyl, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swey- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Breton c'hwil and Welsh chwilen, chwil. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʍil/ === Noun === hwil m (plural hwiles) beetle ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Old English == === Alternative forms === huīl === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Cognate with Old Frisian hwīle, Old Saxon hwīla, Old High German wīla, Old Norse hvíla, Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xwiːl/, [ʍiːl] === Noun === hwīl f while, period of time sume hwīle ― for a while lȳtle hwīle ― for a little while ealle hwīle ― the whole time ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: whyle, while, hwile, qhyle, wileEnglish: whileScots: whileYola: while === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “HWÍL”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.