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while time (now chiefly in phr.
a good,
great (etc.)
while,
a while for a certain or some time,
between whiles at intervals of time); as conj. (XII), shortening of ME.
þe while pat, in OE.
þā hwĩle þe during the time that. OE.
hwĩl = OS.
hwĩl(a) time (Du.
wijl), OHG.
(h)wĩla point or period of time (G.
weile), ON.
(h)vĩla bed, Goth.
hweila time:- Gmc. *
χwĩlõ.
So
whilom †at times OE.; (arch.) at some time past XII. OE.
hwĩlum (d. pl. of
hwĩl).
whilst alt., with parasitic
t (as in
amidst,
amongst), of †
whiles, formed with adv. -s on the sb. and used finally (XIII) as conj. like
while.
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