† to-whileadv.
Obsolete.
During the time that, while.
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to-whilec950
to whilesa1300
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke viii. 13 Qui ad tempus credunt, ðaðe to tid vel to huil gelefað.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 348 Þonne meaht þu hine betan to hwile.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1104 We sulen it fren, Ðor-quile ðu wilt ðor-inne ben.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4141 To whyle þe kyng & his cosyns I loue loken ar þer lynes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 22060 An angel..To þe dragune suiþ he wanne,..And in þat pitte him sperid faste, To-quile a thusande ȝier to laste.
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adv.c950- to bear room
- to bear sail
- to bear speak false witness
- to bear state
- to bear sway
- to bear the bell
- to bear the blame
- to bear the bloom
- to bear the breech
- to bear the breeches
- to bear the crown
- to bear the face
- to bear the fault
- to bear the lantern
- to bear the name
- to bear the palm
- to bear the person of
- to bear the price
- to bear the room
- to bear the rout
- to bear the sway
- to bear the swing
- to bear the wallet
- to bear through
- to bear two faces under one hood