| 释义 |
† i-whiles, adv. and conj. Obs.
In 4 i-whils, ewhils, ywhils.
[f. whiles: the nature of the prefix is obscure.]
A. adv. In the mean time, meanwhile.
B. conj. Whilst.
a1340Hampole Psalter ix. 23, I whils þe wickid prides kyndeld is þe pore. Ibid. xxxix. 11 What profetabilte is in my blode: ywhils I descend in corupcioun. Ibid. xci. 14 Thai sall resayfe mykil mare when this life is endid and i whils thai sall be wele suffrand. |