ealle hwile

Etymology
Dates back at least to. Cognate with 🇨🇬. One of many fossilized phrases that became idiomatic when the language developed a definite article. Compare, , and.

Adverb

 * 1) the whole time
 * 2) * late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
 * "ang"

- Þā fēng Philippus tō Mæcedonia rīċe, and hit ealle hwīle on miċelum plēo and on miċelum earfoþum hæfde.

Usage notes

 * For the conjunctive phrase "the whole time that...", is used with a definite article: Ealle þā hwīle þe þæt līċ biþ inne, þǣr sċeal bēon ġedrinc and plega, oþ þone dæġ þe hīe hine forbærnaþ ("The whole time the body is inside, there's drinking and partying, until the day comes to cremate him") (The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan).