whyle
English edit
Conjunction edit
whyle
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
From Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
whyle (plural whyles)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “whīle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.