whyle

English

Conjunction

whyle

1. Obsolete spelling of while.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• while, hwile, qhyle, wile

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhwiːl(ə)/

Noun

whyle (plural whyles)

1. while

Descendants

• English: while
• Scots: while
• Yola: while

References

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