† to-ˈwhiles, conjunctive adv. Obs.
Also 4 toquil(i)s, to whils.
[f. prec. + -es of adverbial genitive: see whiles, whilst.]
= prec.; whilst.
| 13.. Cursor M. 4269 (Cott.) Hir luue..Sco miþed [Gött. kithid] it, to-quils [Gött. ay quilis] sco moght. Ibid. 6264 (Gött.) Þe se on ayder side him stod As wallis to quilis þai forth ȝode. 1357 Lay Folks Catech. (MS. T.) 139 To whiles that his bodi lai in þe graue The saule with the god⁓hede went untill hell. a 1400 R. Brunne's Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2645 Þe while [Petyt MS. Towhils] þer fader was on lyue For þe royalme gon þey to stryue. |