conj. adv. Obs. [? f. TO prep. 7 + WHILE sb. Cf. OE. þá hwíle, the while, and for form Ger. zuweilen sometimes.] During the time that, while.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 4141. To whyle þe kyng & his cosyns In loue loken ar þer lynes.
