a. Obs. [OE. hwílende, rare var. of hwílwende (cf. WHILWENDLIC), f. hwíl WHILE sb. + wend- to turn, WEND v.] Temporary.

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a. 1050.  Liber Scintill., ix. (1889), 49. Hi na to þære hwilendre mihtan dædbote becuman.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 7. Þeos world is whilende and ontful and swiðe lewe.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R. 182. Vorte beon martirs efning, þuruh a wilninde [v.r. hwilinde] wo.

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c. 1230.  Hali Meid., 35. For þat hwilende [v.r. hwilinde] lust.

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a. 1272.  O. E. Misc., 94. Þis world fareþ hwilynde hwenne on cumeþ an oþer goþ.

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