"þa hwile þe" meaning in Old English

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Conjunction

Forms: þā hwīle þe [canonical]
Etymology: Literally "for the time that...", using the accusative of duration. Head templates: {{head|ang|conjunction|head=þā hwīle þe}} þā hwīle þe
  1. while
    Sense id: en-þa_hwile_þe-ang-conj-B6h1BziC Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0
  2. as long as
    Sense id: en-þa_hwile_þe-ang-conj-xivImyrC

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  "etymology_text": "Literally \"for the time that...\", using the accusative of duration.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "þā hwīle þe",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "head": "þā hwīle þe"
      },
      "expansion": "þā hwīle þe",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It behoves me to work work of that which sent to me, while it is day; night comes, then no one can work.",
          "roman": "Mē ġebȳrað tō wyrceanne þæs weorc þe mē sende, þā hwīle þe hit dæġ is; niht cymþ, þonne nān man wyrcan ne mæġ.",
          "text": "\"Gospel of Saint John\", chapter 9, verse 4",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "I read while you were eating.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nIċ rēd þā hwīle þe þū ǣte.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "while"
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In short, I wanted to live honorably as long as I lived, and to leave behind, for those who would come after me, the memory of me in good works.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞæt is nū hraðost tō seċġenne þæt iċ wilnode weorþfullīċe tō libbenne þā hwīle þe iċ lifde, and æfter mīnum līfe þām mannum tō lǣfanne þe æfter mē wǣren mīne ġemynd on gōdum weorcum.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "as long as"
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      "links": [
        [
          "as long as",
          "as long as"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/θɑː ˈxwiː.le θe/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[θɑː ˈʍiː.le θe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þa hwile þe"
}
{
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English multiword terms",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"for the time that...\", using the accusative of duration.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "þā hwīle þe",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It behoves me to work work of that which sent to me, while it is day; night comes, then no one can work.",
          "roman": "Mē ġebȳrað tō wyrceanne þæs weorc þe mē sende, þā hwīle þe hit dæġ is; niht cymþ, þonne nān man wyrcan ne mæġ.",
          "text": "\"Gospel of Saint John\", chapter 9, verse 4",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "I read while you were eating.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nIċ rēd þā hwīle þe þū ǣte.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "while"
      ],
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          "while",
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      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In short, I wanted to live honorably as long as I lived, and to leave behind, for those who would come after me, the memory of me in good works.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞæt is nū hraðost tō seċġenne þæt iċ wilnode weorþfullīċe tō libbenne þā hwīle þe iċ lifde, and æfter mīnum līfe þām mannum tō lǣfanne þe æfter mē wǣren mīne ġemynd on gōdum weorcum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as long as"
      ],
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        [
          "as long as",
          "as long as"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/θɑː ˈxwiː.le θe/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[θɑː ˈʍiː.le θe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þa hwile þe"
}

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