whyle

== English == === Conjunction === whyle 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) while ==== Descendants ==== English: while Scots: while Yola: while ==== References ==== “whīle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.