| 释义 |
† ˈallwhat, conjunctive adv. and prep. Obs.
[all- E 1 + what, occas. used in south. dial. = what time, while, when.]
A. conjunctive adv. (with or without that) All the while, while, till.
1314Guy W. 81 Al what that cite y-nomen be. c1315Shoreham 127 Al fram Crystes ascensioun, Al wat comth hyre assumpcioun. 1340Ayenb. 132 Hy clifþ an heȝ alhuet þet hi come to perfeccion.
B. prep. Till, until.
1340Ayenb. 26 Þet no man ne may his knawe alhuet þanne þet hi byþ uol wexe. Ibid. 52 He uesteþ..alhuet niȝt. |