"wilen" meaning in Middle High German

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "weiland"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "wīlūn",
      "wilun#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "wīlōm",
      "wilom#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "*hwīlu",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwīlu"
    ],
    [
      "whilom",
      "whilom#English"
    ],
    [
      "wijlen",
      "wijlen#Dutch"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "wīlūn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wīlūn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwīlu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whilom"
      },
      "expansion": "English whilom",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wijlen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wijlen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German wīlūn, wīlōm, ultimately from the instrumental or dative plural of Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Cognate with English whilom, Dutch wijlen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wīlen",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīlent",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": "wīlen"
      },
      "expansion": "wīlen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle High German",
  "lang_code": "gmh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "formerly"
      ],
      "id": "en-wilen-gmh-adv-U5l1MgJx",
      "links": [
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "id": "en-wilen-gmh-adv-KOXAZgVa",
      "links": [
        [
          "sometimes",
          "sometimes"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiːlən/",
      "note": "before 13ᵗʰ CE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wilen"
}

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    "Middle High German adverbs",
    "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle High German lemmas",
    "Middle High German terms derived from Old High German",
    "Middle High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle High German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Middle High German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "weiland"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "wīlūn",
      "wilun#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "wīlōm",
      "wilom#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "*hwīlu",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwīlu"
    ],
    [
      "whilom",
      "whilom#English"
    ],
    [
      "wijlen",
      "wijlen#Dutch"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "wīlūn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wīlūn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwīlu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whilom"
      },
      "expansion": "English whilom",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wijlen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wijlen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German wīlūn, wīlōm, ultimately from the instrumental or dative plural of Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Cognate with English whilom, Dutch wijlen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wīlen",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīlent",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": "wīlen"
      },
      "expansion": "wīlen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle High German",
  "lang_code": "gmh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "formerly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sometimes",
          "sometimes"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiːlən/",
      "note": "before 13ᵗʰ CE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wilen"
}