| 释义 |
† ˈhandwhile Obs.
Also β. handlangwhile, mod. Sc. hanla'while.
[OE. hand-hwíl: see hand and while n.]
A moment, an instant, a span (of time).
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 294 Ða tid oððe ða hand-hwile þe min Fæder ᵹesette þurh his mihte. c1200Ormin 12166 Þatt deofell let te Laferrd seon..inn an hanndwhile..Þe kinedomess alle. a1225Ancr. R. 146 Hure þet is agon in one handhwule! 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xix. 267 Þise foure..harwed in an handwhile al holy scripture. c1400Destr. Troy 11030 Halpe hym to horse in a hond qwhile. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. xxx. 23 Conscience euery handwhile thou doste cry. 1646F. Hawkins Youth's Behav. (1663) 27 Contradict not at every hand-while, that which others say.
βc1460Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 109, I may not syt at my note, A hand lang while. 1802J. Sibbald Chron. Scot. Poetry Gloss. (Jam.), Handwhile, vulg. Hanla-while, a short time. Mod. Sc. He canna sit still a hanla' while. |