æmethwil

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Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

āmethwīl

Etymology[edit]

From ǣmetta (“leisure”) +‎ hwīl (“time”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈæː.metˌxwiːl/, [ˈæː.metˌʍiːl]

Noun[edit]

ǣmethwīl f

free time, leisure, respite

Declension[edit]

Declension of æmethwil (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣmethwīl	ǣmethwīla, ǣmethwīle
accusative	ǣmethwīle	ǣmethwīla, ǣmethwīle
genitive	ǣmethwīle	ǣmethwīla
dative	ǣmethwīle	ǣmethwīlum

Synonyms[edit]

(respite): fyrst, fyrstmearc

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “æmethwil”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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