† thereˈwhiles, -ˈwhilst, adv. Obs.
[f. prec. with -s of advb. genitive, subseq. made -st: see whilst.]
= prec.
| α c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1282 Ðor quiles he wunede in bersabe, So was ysaaces eld [etc.]. c 1320 R. Brunne Medit. 367, Y kepte hem þyrwhylys y was with hem. 1340 Ayenb. 194 Offre to god worþi offringe þerhuyls þet þou leuest. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. vi. 8 What sholde we wommen worche þere whiles? c 1491 Caxton Chast. Goddes Chyld. 28 There whiles he may not be unied to god by cause he liueth in all contraryousnes. a 1557 M. Basset tr. More's Treat. Passion M.'s Wks. 1376/2 Which is priuely emplied in euery thing he doth therwiles. |
| β a 1541 Wyatt Penit. Ps. xxxvii. 57 Therewhilst shall fail these wicked men therefore. 1587 Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 976/1 The lord Greie..bad him repeat his message, and therwhilest made a clearke..to write the same Verbatim. 1603 Florio Montaigne i. xxx. (1632) 103 Their women busie themselves therewhil'st with warming of their drinke. |