whilesn.conj.prep.adv.

/hwʌɪlz/

Forms: Middle English hwihles, Middle English wiles, Middle English whilis, whylys, whilles, whils, Middle English–1500s whyls, Middle English–1700s whyles, Middle English whilez, whilys, whylis, whyllys, wilis, wylys, whills, ( whels), Middle English–1500s whilse, 1500s whylse, Middle English– whiles; Middle English quiles, Middle English quyles, quilis, quylis, qwylys, quils, qwhylles, Scottish quhillez, Middle English–1500s Scottish quhilis, 1500s Scottish quhillis, quhylis, quhyles, quhyls, 1600s–1700s Scottish quhiles.

Etymology: originally in adverb and conjunction phrase, as sumehwiles formerly, oðerhwiles at times, þerhwiles while, meanwhile, formed with adverbial -s on sumhwile , oðerhwile , þerhwile (see somewhiles adv., otherwhiles adv., therewhiles adv.); on this type were modelled the expressions þis or þat quiles, to quiles, long whiles, a (good) whiles, etc. and the simple conjunction whiles.

Obsolete or archaic.

I. With preceding word, forming adverbial phrases.

†1. Preceded by a demonstrative determiner, indefinite article, or other qualifying word, forming adverbial phrases: e.g. that whiles, at or during that time; long whiles, for a long while, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time

tidea900

while971

fristOE

stemOE

throwOE

timeOE

selea1250

piecec1300

termc1300

stagea1325

whilesc1330

space?a1400

racec1400

spacec1405

termine1420

parodya1425

timea1425

continuancec1440

thrallc1450

espace1483

space of timec1500

tracta1513

stead1596

reach1654

amidst1664

stretch1698

spell1728

track1835

lifetime1875

time slice1938

the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile

all the whilec888

to whilec950

the whilec960

amongOE

emethena1300

to whilesa1300

therewhilesc1320

that whilesc1330

i-whilesa1340

in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340

in the meanwhilea1375

(all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382

in the mean season (also space)a1382

the mean seasona1382

the meanwhilea1382

in the meantimec1384

for the meanwhilec1390

in the mean(s) whilesc1390

the whilesa1400

the whilsta1400

whilsta1400

(in) the meanwhile that?1418

therewhilec1430

mesne1439

meanwhile1440

for the meantime1480

while1508

in the while1542

in the mean1565

in the mean way1569

interim1580

in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593

meantimea1593

this while1594

mean space1600

among-hands?1609

between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647

ad interim1701

per interim1724

interimistically1890

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10198 In þat louh ar sexti iles—In þo þe dwelte longe whyles.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5713 Þis quilis [Fairf. alle þis quyle] was in israel, þe folk ledd in mekil vnwele.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5495 Þat quiles ras þar a neu king.

c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 42 Lat it seþe esyli,..a good whylys.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 9833 Thanne schal neuere kyng Arthewr..his lond jn pes thanne non whyles holde.

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 254 In the meane whiles.

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course vii. f. 85^v It endured but a whiles.

1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough 233 Ye haue beene as sheepe going a great whiles astray.

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. 52 All which, if our Actors..would but a whiles consider [etc.].

1651 H. L'Estrange Answer Marques of Worcester's Paper 91 Where God one whiles insinuates himself into the conscience in the language of a familiar Friend, another while reclaims it with the indignation of an incensed Judge.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xxv. 289 Nor have the Wardens ventur'd all this whiles, To lay, except my selfe, one in those Iles.

2. the whiles, adv. and conj. phr. = the while at while n. 2a. †Also (rarely) in whiles as conj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile

all the whilec888

to whilec950

the whilec960

amongOE

emethena1300

to whilesa1300

therewhilesc1320

that whilesc1330

i-whilesa1340

in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340

in the meanwhilea1375

(all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382

in the mean season (also space)a1382

the mean seasona1382

the meanwhilea1382

in the meantimec1384

for the meanwhilec1390

in the mean(s) whilesc1390

the whilesa1400

the whilsta1400

whilsta1400

(in) the meanwhile that?1418

therewhilec1430

mesne1439

meanwhile1440

for the meantime1480

while1508

in the while1542

in the mean1565

in the mean way1569

interim1580

in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593

meantimea1593

this while1594

mean space1600

among-hands?1609

between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647

ad interim1701

per interim1724

interimistically1890

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1729 Bot euer þe quilis þat he [sc. Noah] wroght, þe folk to preche forgat he noght.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3309 Bot ai þe quils he ne fan To be-hald þat leue maidan.

14.. Northern Passion (Cambr. Ii. 4. 9) 430 Here ȝe schuln me A byde þe qwylys [v.rr. to whyls, whils] I go here be syde.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 435 The king, the quhilis..Red to thaim..Romanys off worthi Ferambrace.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. v. sig. Rj^v We wyll walke vp and downe..the whyles.

1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 4 b All suche pointes, as thei could iustly finde them selues agreeued, and in whiles he gouerned, deminished.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. T2 The whiles my handes I washt in purity, The whiles my soule was soyld with fowle iniquity.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xix. xii. 141 Paulus all the whiles was the prompter..of these cruell enterludes.

1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia 144 Perceiving..draught-beasts to draw other things, and feeding the whiles.

1760 G. Colman & R. Lloyd Two Odes i. 11 His heel Sparkles refulgent with elastick steel: The whiles he wins his whiffling way.

1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xiii. 35 They feasted..The whiles a Northern harper rude Chaunted a rhime of deadly feud.

†3. to whiles, adv. and conj. phr. = 2. Also as conj., to the time that, until. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [adverb] > while or when

to-whilec950

to whilesa1300

the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile

all the whilec888

to whilec950

the whilec960

amongOE

emethena1300

to whilesa1300

therewhilesc1320

that whilesc1330

i-whilesa1340

in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340

in the meanwhilea1375

(all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382

in the mean season (also space)a1382

the mean seasona1382

the meanwhilea1382

in the meantimec1384

for the meanwhilec1390

in the mean(s) whilesc1390

the whilesa1400

the whilsta1400

whilsta1400

(in) the meanwhile that?1418

therewhilec1430

mesne1439

meanwhile1440

for the meantime1480

while1508

in the while1542

in the mean1565

in the mean way1569

interim1580

in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593

meantimea1593

this while1594

mean space1600

among-hands?1609

between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647

ad interim1701

per interim1724

interimistically1890

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1729 Ai to-quils þat [noe] sa wroght Þe folk to preche for-gate he noght.

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 220 Suilk ribaudie þei led,..To~whils Sir Edward had seisid alle Euesham.

1357 Lay Folks Catech. (T.) 139 To whiles that his bodi lai in the graue, The saule with the godhede went untill hell.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4923 Þan war þaa breþer..prisund til þe thrid morn,..To-quils sent ioseph þe yepe Men þair harnais for to kepe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3889 To quils haa lya in þi bedd, For-soth þan sal þou rachel wedd.

a1400 R. Brunne's Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2645 Þe while [Petyt MS. Towhils] þer fader was on lyue For þe royalme gon þey to stryue.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 1079 I dar yow hight, To have him her or the thrid nyght; Towhils efter yowr kownsayl send.

II. In various uses of while.

a. conj. = while conj. 1; also with that, †as.

ΚΠ

c1220 Bestiary 256 in Old Eng. Misc. 8 Ðus ȝe tileð ðar, wiles ȝe time haueð.

c1275 in Old Eng. Misc. 144 We schulde..vs ibidde nyht and day hwihles þat we libbe.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1833 For quils þat godd þam raght his grace, Littel roght þam of his manance.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1948 To lof leute quils þou mai lif.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 3651 Thies ware the cheefe armes Of Arthure..qwhylles he in erthe lengede.

c1440 Generydes 4037 Whels he sleppe this cursyd creature Full trayturly with hir is goo.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. v. f. vj Agre with thine adversary at once, whyles thou arte in the vaye with hym.

1551 W. Turner New Herball Prol. sig. A ij^v He that whilse other men feight, standeth in the top of a tre.

c1560 Hunting Cheviot in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 309 Fyghte ye, my myrry men, whyllys ye may.

1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiii. 108 Thir vertewis all scho had, quhyls scho stude aw Of God Eterne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. i. 39 The Tyger will be milde, whiles she doth mourne.

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. Ep. Ded. The pressing importunity..drew me whiles I was yet a novice.

a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 156 No longer then whiles you can say the Miserere Psalm very leisurely.

1756 Mrs. Calderwood's Journey in Coltness Coll. (1842) 189 Whiles Mr Calderwood went through the colledge..with the fathers, Daniel attended me.

1858 W. Morris Welland River 230 I pray you, nurse~tend me, my knight, Whiles that I have my breath.

†b. transferred. = while conj. 2. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1551 W. Turner New Herball Prol. sig. A iij^v For now (say they) euery man with out any study..will become a Phisician... Whilse by occasyon of thys boke, euery man, nay euery old wyfe will presume not without the mordre of many, to practyse Phisick.

1580 W. Fulke Discov. Daungerous Rocke in Retentiue 248 Whiles the one will vrge a prerogatiue of Peter, the other will forge a Byshoplike office in the Apostles.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 71 Whiles Gallienus..gave himselfe over to..riotousnesse, the State of Rome..lay dismembred as it were.

1665 J. Evelyn Let. 2 Oct. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 174 Sir William D'Oyly and myself have near ten thousand upon our care, whiles there seems to be no care of us.

†5. conj. prep. Till, until: = while conj. 3.

ΚΠ

1398 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 489 To be..haldene..qvhillez þ^t..satisfactioun and payement..be..made.

a1400 Pistill of Susan 177 Whiles þe Morwen to Middai and mare.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7492 Þare he bade whils he ware deede.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. XXXii Whyles the next matyns.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 37^v I coulde..reken vp suche a rable of shoters that be named..in poetes, as wolde holde vs talkyng whyles tomorowe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. iii. 29 He shall conceale it, Whiles you are willing it shall come to note.

6. adv.

†a. Formerly: = while adv. 2. Scottish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb]

erea822

fernOE

whileOE

erera1000

whilereOE

onceOE

somewhile1154

whilomc1175

herebeforec1200

somewhilesa1250

yorea1250

orc1275

rather?a1300

erewhilec1305

sometimea1325

sometimec1330

at or in sometime1340

in arrear1340

heretoforea1375

fernyear1377

once upon a timec1380

behinds1382

beforetimea1393

of olda1393

erenow1393

umquhilea1400

erst14..

fornec1400

yore whilec1400

of before1402

late1423

abefore1431

beforetimes1449

whilesc1480

sometime1490

aforrow?a1513

behind1526

quondamc1540

in foretime(s?c1550

erstwhile1569

erstwhiles1569

aleare1581

erewhiles1584

sometimes1597

formerly1599

anciently1624

olim1645

somewhile since1652

quondamly1663

forepassed1664

sometimea1684

backward1691

historically1753

time back1812

had-been1835

when1962

c1480 (a1400) St. Vincent 3 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 259 Þis name vincensius to say Is man þat ourcumys ay, as sancte vincent quhilis dide thru his pacience.

1573 J. Davidson Breif Commendatioun Vprichtnes xli. 94 That Bogill thair that ȝe hard blaw, With quhome quhyles ȝe wer small content.

b. Sometimes: = while adv. 1. Chiefly Scottish.In modern use apprehended as plural noun: cf. while n. 6e.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally

whiloma900

whilea1000

stoundmealc1000

stundumOE

otherwhileOE

umquhile1154

with and withc1175

by stoundsa1225

otherwhilesc1225

umbestound?c1225

umbewhilec1230

then and thenc1275

sometime…sometime1297

umstounda1300

by while13..

over while13..

sometime1340

umbe throwea1350

at timesa1382

now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393

umbwhile1393

eftsoona1398

sometimea1400

by sithesc1400

umbestoundsc1400

from time to (formerly unto) time1423

now and (also or) then1445

ever now and nowa1470

when and whenc1470

occasionallya1475

in timesa1500

whiles?a1500

whilomsa1500

sometimes1526

somewhiles1528

at whiles1540

ever now and then1542

a-whiles1546

somewhiles…, somewhiles1547

at sometimes1548

now and thenc1550

ever and anon1558

by occasions1562

on (also upon) occasion1562

as soon…as soon1581

every now and then (also again)1642

by a time1721

once and a while1765

ever and again1788

periodically1825

in spots1851

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 167 in Poems (1981) 10 Quhyle vnder busk and breir, Quhilis in the corne.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. N.ii^v Italian whiles, and Spanish you do hear, and know full well.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 7 Lufe..alteris ay to euerie kinde and stait: Quhylis to, quhylis fra.

1661 R. Baillie Let. 18 Apr. (1842) III. 459 My heart whiles trembles for yow.

1670 in Fountainhall's Decisions (1759) I. 460 She took whiles fits of distraction.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) (at cited word) It rains whiles.

1830 J. H. Newman Verses Var. Occasions (1868) 42 Keen regret and tearful yearning, Whiles unfelt, and whiles returning.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvi. 262 So we lay..whiles whispering, whiles lying still.

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单词	whiles
释义	whilesn.conj.prep.adv. /hwʌɪlz/ Forms: Middle English hwihles, Middle English wiles, Middle English whilis, whylys, whilles, whils, Middle English–1500s whyls, Middle English–1700s whyles, Middle English whilez, whilys, whylis, whyllys, wilis, wylys, whills, ( whels), Middle English–1500s whilse, 1500s whylse, Middle English– whiles; Middle English quiles, Middle English quyles, quilis, quylis, qwylys, quils, qwhylles, Scottish quhillez, Middle English–1500s Scottish quhilis, 1500s Scottish quhillis, quhylis, quhyles, quhyls, 1600s–1700s Scottish quhiles. Etymology: originally in adverb and conjunction phrase, as sumehwiles formerly, oðerhwiles at times, þerhwiles while, meanwhile, formed with adverbial -s on sumhwile , oðerhwile , þerhwile (see somewhiles adv., otherwhiles adv., therewhiles adv.); on this type were modelled the expressions þis or þat quiles, to quiles, long whiles, a (good) whiles, etc. and the simple conjunction whiles. Obsolete or archaic. I. With preceding word, forming adverbial phrases. †1. Preceded by a demonstrative determiner, indefinite article, or other qualifying word, forming adverbial phrases: e.g. that whiles, at or during that time; long whiles, for a long while, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time tidea900 while971 fristOE stemOE throwOE timeOE selea1250 piecec1300 termc1300 stagea1325 whilesc1330 space?a1400 racec1400 spacec1405 termine1420 parodya1425 timea1425 continuancec1440 thrallc1450 espace1483 space of timec1500 tracta1513 stead1596 reach1654 amidst1664 stretch1698 spell1728 track1835 lifetime1875 time slice1938 the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile all the whilec888 to whilec950 the whilec960 amongOE emethena1300 to whilesa1300 therewhilesc1320 that whilesc1330 i-whilesa1340 in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340 in the meanwhilea1375 (all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382 in the mean season (also space)a1382 the mean seasona1382 the meanwhilea1382 in the meantimec1384 for the meanwhilec1390 in the mean(s) whilesc1390 the whilesa1400 the whilsta1400 whilsta1400 (in) the meanwhile that?1418 therewhilec1430 mesne1439 meanwhile1440 for the meantime1480 while1508 in the while1542 in the mean1565 in the mean way1569 interim1580 in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593 meantimea1593 this while1594 mean space1600 among-hands?1609 between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647 ad interim1701 per interim1724 interimistically1890 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10198 In þat louh ar sexti iles—In þo þe dwelte longe whyles. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5713 Þis quilis [Fairf. alle þis quyle] was in israel, þe folk ledd in mekil vnwele. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5495 Þat quiles ras þar a neu king. c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 42 Lat it seþe esyli,..a good whylys. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 9833 Thanne schal neuere kyng Arthewr..his lond jn pes thanne non whyles holde. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 254 In the meane whiles. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course vii. f. 85^v It endured but a whiles. 1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough 233 Ye haue beene as sheepe going a great whiles astray. 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. 52 All which, if our Actors..would but a whiles consider [etc.]. 1651 H. L'Estrange Answer Marques of Worcester's Paper 91 Where God one whiles insinuates himself into the conscience in the language of a familiar Friend, another while reclaims it with the indignation of an incensed Judge. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xxv. 289 Nor have the Wardens ventur'd all this whiles, To lay, except my selfe, one in those Iles. 2. the whiles, adv. and conj. phr. = the while at while n. 2a. †Also (rarely) in whiles as conj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile all the whilec888 to whilec950 the whilec960 amongOE emethena1300 to whilesa1300 therewhilesc1320 that whilesc1330 i-whilesa1340 in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340 in the meanwhilea1375 (all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382 in the mean season (also space)a1382 the mean seasona1382 the meanwhilea1382 in the meantimec1384 for the meanwhilec1390 in the mean(s) whilesc1390 the whilesa1400 the whilsta1400 whilsta1400 (in) the meanwhile that?1418 therewhilec1430 mesne1439 meanwhile1440 for the meantime1480 while1508 in the while1542 in the mean1565 in the mean way1569 interim1580 in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593 meantimea1593 this while1594 mean space1600 among-hands?1609 between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647 ad interim1701 per interim1724 interimistically1890 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1729 Bot euer þe quilis þat he [sc. Noah] wroght, þe folk to preche forgat he noght. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3309 Bot ai þe quils he ne fan To be-hald þat leue maidan. 14.. Northern Passion (Cambr. Ii. 4. 9) 430 Here ȝe schuln me A byde þe qwylys [v.rr. to whyls, whils] I go here be syde. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 435 The king, the quhilis..Red to thaim..Romanys off worthi Ferambrace. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. v. sig. Rj^v We wyll walke vp and downe..the whyles. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 4 b All suche pointes, as thei could iustly finde them selues agreeued, and in whiles he gouerned, deminished. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. T2 The whiles my handes I washt in purity, The whiles my soule was soyld with fowle iniquity. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xix. xii. 141 Paulus all the whiles was the prompter..of these cruell enterludes. 1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia 144 Perceiving..draught-beasts to draw other things, and feeding the whiles. 1760 G. Colman & R. Lloyd Two Odes i. 11 His heel Sparkles refulgent with elastick steel: The whiles he wins his whiffling way. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xiii. 35 They feasted..The whiles a Northern harper rude Chaunted a rhime of deadly feud. †3. to whiles, adv. and conj. phr. = 2. Also as conj., to the time that, until. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adverb] > while or when to-whilec950 to whilesa1300 the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile all the whilec888 to whilec950 the whilec960 amongOE emethena1300 to whilesa1300 therewhilesc1320 that whilesc1330 i-whilesa1340 in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340 in the meanwhilea1375 (all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382 in the mean season (also space)a1382 the mean seasona1382 the meanwhilea1382 in the meantimec1384 for the meanwhilec1390 in the mean(s) whilesc1390 the whilesa1400 the whilsta1400 whilsta1400 (in) the meanwhile that?1418 therewhilec1430 mesne1439 meanwhile1440 for the meantime1480 while1508 in the while1542 in the mean1565 in the mean way1569 interim1580 in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593 meantimea1593 this while1594 mean space1600 among-hands?1609 between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647 ad interim1701 per interim1724 interimistically1890 a1300 Cursor Mundi 1729 Ai to-quils þat [noe] sa wroght Þe folk to preche for-gate he noght. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 220 Suilk ribaudie þei led,..To~whils Sir Edward had seisid alle Euesham. 1357 Lay Folks Catech. (T.) 139 To whiles that his bodi lai in the graue, The saule with the godhede went untill hell. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4923 Þan war þaa breþer..prisund til þe thrid morn,..To-quils sent ioseph þe yepe Men þair harnais for to kepe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3889 To quils haa lya in þi bedd, For-soth þan sal þou rachel wedd. a1400 R. Brunne's Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2645 Þe while [Petyt MS. Towhils] þer fader was on lyue For þe royalme gon þey to stryue. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 1079 I dar yow hight, To have him her or the thrid nyght; Towhils efter yowr kownsayl send. II. In various uses of while. 4. a. conj. = while conj. 1; also with that, †as. ΚΠ c1220 Bestiary 256 in Old Eng. Misc. 8 Ðus ȝe tileð ðar, wiles ȝe time haueð. c1275 in Old Eng. Misc. 144 We schulde..vs ibidde nyht and day hwihles þat we libbe. a1300 Cursor Mundi 1833 For quils þat godd þam raght his grace, Littel roght þam of his manance. a1300 Cursor Mundi 1948 To lof leute quils þou mai lif. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3651 Thies ware the cheefe armes Of Arthure..qwhylles he in erthe lengede. c1440 Generydes 4037 Whels he sleppe this cursyd creature Full trayturly with hir is goo. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. v. f. vj Agre with thine adversary at once, whyles thou arte in the vaye with hym. 1551 W. Turner New Herball Prol. sig. A ij^v He that whilse other men feight, standeth in the top of a tre. c1560 Hunting Cheviot in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 309 Fyghte ye, my myrry men, whyllys ye may. 1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiii. 108 Thir vertewis all scho had, quhyls scho stude aw Of God Eterne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. i. 39 The Tyger will be milde, whiles she doth mourne. View more context for this quotation 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. Ep. Ded. The pressing importunity..drew me whiles I was yet a novice. a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 156 No longer then whiles you can say the Miserere Psalm very leisurely. 1756 Mrs. Calderwood's Journey in Coltness Coll. (1842) 189 Whiles Mr Calderwood went through the colledge..with the fathers, Daniel attended me. 1858 W. Morris Welland River 230 I pray you, nurse~tend me, my knight, Whiles that I have my breath. †b. transferred. = while conj. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1551 W. Turner New Herball Prol. sig. A iij^v For now (say they) euery man with out any study..will become a Phisician... Whilse by occasyon of thys boke, euery man, nay euery old wyfe will presume not without the mordre of many, to practyse Phisick. 1580 W. Fulke Discov. Daungerous Rocke in Retentiue 248 Whiles the one will vrge a prerogatiue of Peter, the other will forge a Byshoplike office in the Apostles. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 71 Whiles Gallienus..gave himselfe over to..riotousnesse, the State of Rome..lay dismembred as it were. 1665 J. Evelyn Let. 2 Oct. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 174 Sir William D'Oyly and myself have near ten thousand upon our care, whiles there seems to be no care of us. †5. conj. prep. Till, until: = while conj. 3. ΚΠ 1398 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 489 To be..haldene..qvhillez þ^t..satisfactioun and payement..be..made. a1400 Pistill of Susan 177 Whiles þe Morwen to Middai and mare. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7492 Þare he bade whils he ware deede. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. XXXii Whyles the next matyns. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 37^v I coulde..reken vp suche a rable of shoters that be named..in poetes, as wolde holde vs talkyng whyles tomorowe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. iii. 29 He shall conceale it, Whiles you are willing it shall come to note. View more context for this quotation 6. adv. †a. Formerly: = while adv. 2. Scottish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 c1480 (a1400) St. Vincent 3 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 259 Þis name vincensius to say Is man þat ourcumys ay, as sancte vincent quhilis dide thru his pacience. 1573 J. Davidson Breif Commendatioun Vprichtnes xli. 94 That Bogill thair that ȝe hard blaw, With quhome quhyles ȝe wer small content. b. Sometimes: = while adv. 1. Chiefly Scottish.In modern use apprehended as plural noun: cf. while n. 6e. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally whiloma900 whilea1000 stoundmealc1000 stundumOE otherwhileOE umquhile1154 with and withc1175 by stoundsa1225 otherwhilesc1225 umbestound?c1225 umbewhilec1230 then and thenc1275 sometime…sometime1297 umstounda1300 by while13.. over while13.. sometime1340 umbe throwea1350 at timesa1382 now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393 umbwhile1393 eftsoona1398 sometimea1400 by sithesc1400 umbestoundsc1400 from time to (formerly unto) time1423 now and (also or) then1445 ever now and nowa1470 when and whenc1470 occasionallya1475 in timesa1500 whiles?a1500 whilomsa1500 sometimes1526 somewhiles1528 at whiles1540 ever now and then1542 a-whiles1546 somewhiles…, somewhiles1547 at sometimes1548 now and thenc1550 ever and anon1558 by occasions1562 on (also upon) occasion1562 as soon…as soon1581 every now and then (also again)1642 by a time1721 once and a while1765 ever and again1788 periodically1825 in spots1851 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 167 in Poems (1981) 10 Quhyle vnder busk and breir, Quhilis in the corne. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. N.ii^v Italian whiles, and Spanish you do hear, and know full well. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 7 Lufe..alteris ay to euerie kinde and stait: Quhylis to, quhylis fra. 1661 R. Baillie Let. 18 Apr. (1842) III. 459 My heart whiles trembles for yow. 1670 in Fountainhall's Decisions (1759) I. 460 She took whiles fits of distraction. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) (at cited word) It rains whiles. 1830 J. H. Newman Verses Var. Occasions (1868) 42 Keen regret and tearful yearning, Whiles unfelt, and whiles returning. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvi. 262 So we lay..whiles whispering, whiles lying still. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.conj.prep.adv.c1220
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