whilere

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ʍaɪˈlɛː/|/waɪ-/    美 /ʍaɪˈleɹ/|/waɪ-/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. A while ago; a time before; formerly, previously. archaic,not-comparable
    — VVe met that villen (God from him me bleſſe) / That curſed wight, from whom I ſcapt whyleare, / A man of hell, that cals himſelfe Deſpayre: […]

词形变化

while-ere alternative

词源

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.
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