awhileadv.

/əˈhwʌɪl/

Forms: Also Middle English awhyle, 1500s a wyle.

Etymology: Originally two words, Old English áne hwíle (for) a while, a space of time: usually written in combination since 13th cent.

(For) a short time, (for) a little.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb]

short whilec897

littleOE

awhileOE

littlec1175

a litel wanc1200

a while1297

while?a1505

till soona1529

for a moment1593

for a moment1611

short1611

for a flash1625

momentally1646

momentarily1655

for a sudden1688

shortly1809

momently1827

OE Beowulf 1762 Nú is þínes mægnes blǽd áne hwíle.

OE Blickling Homilies 51 Gif we ane hwile beoþ on hwylcum earfoþum þær we ures feores ne wenaþ.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 199 Þe ule one hwile hi biþohte.

c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 862 Nu ȝe reste One while, ef ȝou leste.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 10135 Leue ȝoure wantounshipe awhile.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 135 Aftur they had byn brough up in lernyng a wyle.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 113 Sailing a while to the Southward.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 25 A while she paused, no answer came.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	awhile
释义	awhileadv. /əˈhwʌɪl/ Forms: Also Middle English awhyle, 1500s a wyle. Etymology: Originally two words, Old English áne hwíle (for) a while, a space of time: usually written in combination since 13th cent. (For) a short time, (for) a little. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] short whilec897 littleOE awhileOE littlec1175 a litel wanc1200 a while1297 while?a1505 till soona1529 for a moment1593 for a moment1611 short1611 for a flash1625 momentally1646 momentarily1655 for a sudden1688 shortly1809 momently1827 OE Beowulf 1762 Nú is þínes mægnes blǽd áne hwíle. OE Blickling Homilies 51 Gif we ane hwile beoþ on hwylcum earfoþum þær we ures feores ne wenaþ. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 199 Þe ule one hwile hi biþohte. c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 862 Nu ȝe reste One while, ef ȝou leste. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 10135 Leue ȝoure wantounshipe awhile. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 135 Aftur they had byn brough up in lernyng a wyle. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 113 Sailing a while to the Southward. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 25 A while she paused, no answer came. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.OE
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