† whilwendlicadj.
Obsolete.
Lasting for a time, temporary.
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whilwendlicc1000
whilenda1050
specialc1400
seasonable1549
temporary1567
provisional1597
provisionary1617
temporaneal1625
provisory1630
interimistical1643
pro tempore1649
temporaneous1656
non-permanent1782
jury-rigged1788
ad interim1806
interim1808
meantime1840
running1851
flying1857
pro tem1858
interimistic1859
temp1909
caretaker1945
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 21 Hyt næfþ þone wyrtrum on him ac is hwilwendlic.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18825 Þatt arrke iss whilwendlike þing & eldeþþ & forrwurrþeþþ.
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