whyle
English
editConjunction
editwhyle
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwhyle (plural whyles)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “whīle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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