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OE Judith 214 Stopon heaðorincas,beornas to beadowe, bordum beðeahte, hwealfum lindum, þa ðe hwile ær elðeodigra edwit þoledon, hæðenra hosp.

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 775 Helpeth me now as a dide yow whil eer.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1317 Whyl er, my sone, tolde I naght to þe What habundance in youth I hadde of good.

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 377 Son, take þy knyfe as y taught þe whileere, Kut bravne in þe dische riȝt as hit liethe there.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. I That cursed wight, from whom I scapt whyleare.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 120 Will you troule the Catch You taught me but whileare ? View more context for this quotation

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale v. 585 Whence they whoe woold Algarsife killd wileare.

1645 J. Milton Upon Circumcision in Poems 21 He who with all Heav'ns heraldry whileare Enter'd the world, now bleeds to give us ease.

a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden i. i. 5 in Five New Playes (1659) Mark how he stands, as if he had learn't a posture at Knightsbridge spittle as we came along while-eare.

1767 W. J. Mickle Concubine i. ii Melodious Mulla! when, full oft whyleare, Thy gliding Murmurs soothd the gentle Brest Of hapless Spenser.

1808 W. Scott Marmion v. Introd. 234 My harp..Whose Anglo-Norman tones whilere Could win the Second Henry's ear.

1884 J. Payne tr. Tales from Arabic I. 225 How joyous and how solaceful was life in them whilere!