æmethwil

Old English

Alternative forms

• āmethwīl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ǣmethwīl f

1. free time, leisure, respite

Declension

Declension of ǣmethwīl (strong ō-stem)

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

Synonyms

• (respite): fyrst, fyrstmearc

References

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