þa hwile þe

Etymology
Literally "for the time that...", using the accusative of duration.

Conjunction

 * 1) while
 * 2) * "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 9, verse 4
 * "ang"

- Mē ġebȳrað tō wyrceanne þæs weorc þe mē sende, þā hwīle þe hit dæġ is; niht cymþ, þonne nān man wyrcan ne mæġ.


 * 1) * c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
 * "ang"

- Iċ rēd þā hwīle þe þū ǣte.


 * 1) as long as
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of 
 * "ang"

- Þæt 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.