-
binde swearte Wealas,
hwilum sellan men.
Hwilum ic
deorum drincan selle beorne of bosme,
hwilum mec bryd triedeð
felawlonc fotum,
hwilum feorran broht wonfeax...
- wílum hildedéor hearpan
wynne gomelwudu grétte·
hwílum gyd áwræc sóð ond sárlíc·
hwílum syllíc
spell rehte æfter
rihte rúmheort cyning· there...
- wiht— wræsne mine stefne:
hwilum beorce swa hund,
hwilum blæte swa gat,
hwilum græde swa gos,
hwilum gielle swa hafoc.
Hwilum ic
onhyrge þone
haswan earn...
- þonne ic hrūsan trede, oþþe þā wīc būge, oþþe wado drēfe.
Hwīlum mec āhebbað ofer hæleþa byht
hyrste mīne, ond þēos hēa lyft...
-
sequi PGmc *formo- PGmc *airis- + *hwīlo PGmc *fure- + *gēnþjaz Old
English hwīlum former erstwhile foregoing,
aforegoing whilom previous preceding praevius...
- Staþol min is steapheah,
stonde ic on bedde, neoþan ruh nathwær. Neþeð
hwilum ful
cyrtenu ceorles dohtor,
modwlonc meowle, þæt heo on mec gripeð, ræseð...
- anum. Staþol min is
steapheah stonde ic on
bedde neoðan ruh nathwær. Neþeð
hwilum ful
cyrtenu ceorles dohtor modwlonc meowle þæt heo on mec
gripe ræseð mec...
-
Middle Welsh are by Jones. 'Political Promises' (1978) 'The Seafarer' Scop
Hwīlum Sang (1983) 'Hetty', Dark Side of the Sun (1986) 'Gladstone
could leap for...
- the
previous century. þær ic ne
gehyrde butan hlimman sæ/
iscaldne wæg
Hwilum ylfete song/ dyde ic me to
gomene ganotes hleoþor/ ond ****lpan sweg fore...
- story-telling
Beowulf 867–874 Roy Liuzza's
translation ...
Hwīlum cyninges þegn, guma gilphlæden,
gidda gemyndig, se ðe
ealfela ealdgesegena...
