whyle

English

Conjunction

whyle

Obsolete spelling of while

Middle English

Alternative forms

while, hwile, qhyle, wile

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ˈhwiːl(ə)/

Noun

whyle (plural whyles)

while

Descendants

English: while
Scots: while
Yola: while

References

“whīle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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