See hwil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "whyle"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: whyle, while, hwile, qhyle, wile\nEnglish: while\nScots: while\nYola: while",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: whyle, while, hwile, qhyle, wile\nEnglish: while\nScots: while\nYola: while"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hwīlu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "hwīle"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian hwīle",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "hwīla"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon hwīla",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wīla"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wīla",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "hvíla"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hvíla",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Cognate with Old Frisian hwīle, Old Saxon hwīla, Old High German wīla, Old Norse hvíla, Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hwīl",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīlum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "hwīl",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "hwīl f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"head": "hwīl"
},
"expansion": "hwīl f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hwīl"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hwīl",
"2": "hwīla,hwīle",
"3": "hwīle",
"4": "hwīla,hwīle",
"5": "hwīle",
"6": "hwīla",
"7": "hwīle",
"8": "hwīlum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong ō-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "free time",
"word": "ǣmethwīl"
},
{
"english": "moment",
"word": "bearhtmhwīl"
},
{
"english": "glance",
"word": "beorhthwīl"
},
{
"word": "ealle hwīle"
},
{
"english": "moment",
"word": "handhwīl"
},
{
"english": "fragment of time",
"word": "hwīlstyċċe"
},
{
"tags": [
"sometimes"
],
"word": "hwīlum"
},
{
"english": "temporary",
"word": "hwīlwende"
},
{
"english": "nowadays",
"word": "nūhwīlum"
},
{
"english": "while",
"tags": [
"conjunction"
],
"word": "þā hwīle þe"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "for a while",
"text": "sume hwīle",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "for a little while",
"text": "lȳtle hwīle",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the whole time",
"text": "ealle hwīle",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"while, period of time"
],
"id": "en-hwil-ang-noun-th3TFaxt",
"links": [
[
"while",
"while"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "huīl"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/xwiːl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʍiːl]"
}
],
"word": "hwil"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "free time",
"word": "ǣmethwīl"
},
{
"english": "moment",
"word": "bearhtmhwīl"
},
{
"english": "glance",
"word": "beorhthwīl"
},
{
"word": "ealle hwīle"
},
{
"english": "moment",
"word": "handhwīl"
},
{
"english": "fragment of time",
"word": "hwīlstyċċe"
},
{
"tags": [
"sometimes"
],
"word": "hwīlum"
},
{
"english": "temporary",
"word": "hwīlwende"
},
{
"english": "nowadays",
"word": "nūhwīlum"
},
{
"english": "while",
"tags": [
"conjunction"
],
"word": "þā hwīle þe"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "whyle"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: whyle, while, hwile, qhyle, wile\nEnglish: while\nScots: while\nYola: while",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: whyle, while, hwile, qhyle, wile\nEnglish: while\nScots: while\nYola: while"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hwīlu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "hwīle"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian hwīle",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "hwīla"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon hwīla",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wīla"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wīla",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "hvíla"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hvíla",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Cognate with Old Frisian hwīle, Old Saxon hwīla, Old High German wīla, Old Norse hvíla, Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hwīl",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwīlum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "hwīl",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "hwīl f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"head": "hwīl"
},
"expansion": "hwīl f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hwīl"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hwīl",
"2": "hwīla,hwīle",
"3": "hwīle",
"4": "hwīla,hwīle",
"5": "hwīle",
"6": "hwīla",
"7": "hwīle",
"8": "hwīlum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong ō-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English feminine nouns",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English terms with usage examples",
"Old English ō-stem nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "for a while",
"text": "sume hwīle",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "for a little while",
"text": "lȳtle hwīle",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the whole time",
"text": "ealle hwīle",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"while, period of time"
],
"links": [
[
"while",
"while"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/xwiːl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʍiːl]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "huīl"
}
],
"word": "hwil"
}
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