† therewhileadv.

Forms: see there adv. and while n.

Etymology: Middle English þer hwile, analysis not certain, but apparently representing an Old English (on) þǽre hwíle ‘in that time’, and thus, practically = the more usual the while, Old English þá hwile. þer hwile had evidently come to be apprehended as a whole, and taken as an adverb before 1250, when it appears with adverbial genitive -es , -s : see therewhiles adv. Compare the while (Old English), the whilesc1300, and the later while, whiles, adverbs, both c1300.

Obsolete.

1. During the time that; whilst; so long as.

ΚΠ

c1220 Bestiary in O.E. Misc. 784 Ne dar he stiren, ne noman deren, Ðer wile he laȝe and luue beren.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 213 Þer huile þet ich me solaci an playe, iche ne þenche none manne kuead.

a1400–50 Alexander 157 Many was þe bald berne at banned þar quile Þat euer he dured þat day.

2. During that time; the while; meanwhile.

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

c1430 Life St. Kath. Cont. (1884) 3 How þe Emperour..ther whyle sent pryue lettres.

1575 Queen Elizabeth I in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 153 Their while, I prepair my selffe to welcome deathe.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 66 What becommeth of the Spirit of God therewhile? Is it lost?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	therewhile
释义	† therewhileadv. Forms: see there adv. and while n. Etymology: Middle English þer hwile, analysis not certain, but apparently representing an Old English (on) þǽre hwíle ‘in that time’, and thus, practically = the more usual the while, Old English þá hwile. þer hwile had evidently come to be apprehended as a whole, and taken as an adverb before 1250, when it appears with adverbial genitive -es , -s : see therewhiles adv. Compare the while (Old English), the whilesc1300, and the later while, whiles, adverbs, both c1300. Obsolete. 1. During the time that; whilst; so long as. ΚΠ c1220 Bestiary in O.E. Misc. 784 Ne dar he stiren, ne noman deren, Ðer wile he laȝe and luue beren. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 213 Þer huile þet ich me solaci an playe, iche ne þenche none manne kuead. a1400–50 Alexander 157 Many was þe bald berne at banned þar quile Þat euer he dured þat day. 2. During that time; the while; meanwhile. 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 c1430 Life St. Kath. Cont. (1884) 3 How þe Emperour..ther whyle sent pryue lettres. 1575 Queen Elizabeth I in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 153 Their while, I prepair my selffe to welcome deathe. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 66 What becommeth of the Spirit of God therewhile? Is it lost? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1220
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