"whilere" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ʍaɪˈlɛː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /waɪ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʍaɪˈleɹ/ [General-American], /waɪ-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whilere.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Middle English whil er, whileere [and other forms], whilom er (“some while ago or before, formerly”), from Old English hwīle ǣr, hwīlum ǣr, from hwīle (accusative singular of hwīl), hwīlum (“at some time in the past, once; sometimes”) (dative plural of hwīl (“period of time, a while”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; peace, rest”)) + ǣr (“before”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *airiz (“before, earlier”)). The English word is analysable as while + ere. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷyeh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|whil er}} Middle English whil er, {{m|enm|whileere}} whileere, {{nb...|whil eer, while ere, whill ere, whyl er|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{m|enm|whilom er|t=some while ago or before, formerly}} whilom er (“some while ago or before, formerly”), {{inh|en|ang|hwīle ǣr}} Old English hwīle ǣr, {{m|ang|hwīlum ǣr}} hwīlum ǣr, {{m|ang|hwīle}} hwīle, {{glossary|accusative}} accusative, {{glossary|singular}} singular, {{m|ang|hwīl}} hwīl, {{m|ang|hwīlum|t=at some time in the past, once; sometimes}} hwīlum (“at some time in the past, once; sometimes”), {{glossary|dative}} dative, {{glossary|plural}} plural, {{m|ang|hwīl|t=period of time, a while}} hwīl (“period of time, a while”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*kʷyeh₁-|t=to rest; peace, rest}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; peace, rest”), {{m|ang|ǣr|t=before}} ǣr (“before”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*airiz|t=before, earlier}} Proto-Germanic *airiz (“before, earlier”), {{compound|en|while|ere}} while + ere Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} whilere (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) A while ago; a time before; formerly, previously. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Synonyms: erewhile, erstwhile, formerly, while-ere

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for whilere meaning in English (4.3kB)

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