whyle

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English[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

whyle

Obsolete spelling of while

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

while, hwile, qhyle, wile

Etymology[edit]

From Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈhwiːl(ə)/

Noun[edit]

whyle (plural whyles)

while

Descendants[edit]

English: while
Scots: while
Yola: while

References[edit]

“whīle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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