hwil – Old English noun declension

Noun: hwil
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	hwīl
Plural	hwīla; hwīle

Genitive

Singular	hwīle
Plural	hwīla

Dative

Singular	hwīle
Plural	hwīlum

Accusative

Singular	hwīle
Plural	hwīla; hwīle

Sample Sentences

sume hwīle (for a while)
lȳtle hwīle (for a little while)
ealle hwīle (the whole time)

Nouns inflected like hwil

beorhthwil, earfoðhwil, handhwil, mil, hwil,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Cognate with Old Frisian hwīle, Old Saxon hwīla, Old High German wīla, Old Norse hvíla, Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila). See: Old Norse Nouns 'hvíla', Gothic Nouns '𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰'.