For trewely, whyl that my lyf may dure, As for a freend, ye may in me assure.
I me consente, And prey to thee my Iapes thou foryive, And I shal never-more whyl I live.
But ofte gan the herte glade and quake Of Troilus, whyl that he gan it rede, So as the wordes yave him hope or drede.
As she that hadde hir herte and al hir minde On Troilus y-set so wonder faste, That al this world ne mighte hir love unbinde, 675 Ne Troilus out of hir herte caste; She wol ben his, whyl that hir lyf may laste.
And every wight that was a-boute hem tho, 215 That herde that, gan fer a-wey to stonde, Whyl they two hadde al that hem liste in honde.
Soth is, that whyl he bood in this manere, He gan his wo ful manly for to hyde.
For though ther be no cause, yet hem semen Al be for harm that folk hir freendes quemen; And who may stoppen every wikked tonge, Or soun of belles whyl that they be ronge?
For ay, F 535; Ay whyl that, all the while that, 4.
But ay fortune hath in hir hony galle; This mighty quene may no whyl endure.
No-thing list him to been imaginatyf If any wight had spoke, whyl he was oute, 1095 To hire of love; he hadde of it no doute.
Thanne thilke gode werkes that been mortified by ofte sinning, whiche gode werkes he dide whyl he was in charitee, ne mowe nevere quiken agayn with-outen verray penitence.
And think wel this, that every greet swerere, nat compelled lawefully to swere, the wounde shal nat departe from his hous whyl he useth swich unleveful swering.
The othere gode werkes, that he wroghte whyl he lay in deedly sinne, they been outrely dede as to the lyf perdurable in hevene.
Ful many a draughte of wyn had he y-drawe From Burdeux-ward, whyl that the chapman sleep.
And thilke covenant, whyl me lasteth breeth, I wol fulfille, and that shal wel be sene; Was never unto hir love a trewer quene.
Whyl he was yong, he kepte your estat; 400 *I not wher he be now a renegat.
And this hath Minos don, right in despyt; To wreke his sone was set al his delyt, And maken hem of Athenes his thral 1940 Fro yere to yere, whyl that he liven shal; And hoom he saileth whan this toun is wonne.
For myn entent is neither for to dye, Ne, whyl I live, in loves yok to drawe.
I pray you that no man me reproche Whyl that I am my tale telling.
God is nat hir governour, That holdeth no man his +peragall; 130 Whyl covetyse is hir counsaylour, All such falshed mot nede fall.
A lightsom herte, a folly of plesaunce 405 Are moch better, the lesse whyl they abyde; They make you thinke, and bring you in a traunce; But that seknesse wil sone be remedyed.
For thinketh not, whyl that ye live and I, In this matere to set your hert in pees!
And yeve me might, whyl I have lyf and space, 25 Me to conforme fully to thy plesaunce; Shewe upon me th'abundaunce of thy grace, In gode werkes graunt me perseveraunce.
Among hem whiche at Troie were, Uluxes ate Siege there Was on be name in special; Of whom yit the memorial Abit, for whyl ther is a mouth, For evere his name schal be couth.
For as he seith, in thilke stede He schal me suche thinges telle, That evere, whyl the world schal duelle, 2980 Athenis schal the betre fare.
For thus a yer or tuo or thre Sche lest, er that sche wedded be, Whyl sche the charge myhte bere Of children, whiche the world forbere Ne mai, bot if it scholde faile.
He myhte noght the maide asterte, That sche nis ladi of his herte; So that he tok hire to his wif, To holde whyl that he hath lif: And thus the king toward his knyht Acordeth him, as it is riht.
And whyl he was in al this hevinesse, Disputinge with him-self in this matere, Com Pandare in, and seyde as ye may here.
Com now forth therfore the suasioun of swetenesse rethorien, whiche that goth only the right wey, whyl she forsaketh nat myne estatuts.
And with that word he for a quisshen ran, And seyde, 'kneleth now, whyl that yow leste, 965 Ther god your hertes bringe sone at reste!
And but your word wol helen hastily My hertes wounde, whyl that hit is grene, 5 Your yen two wol slee me sodenly, I may the beaute of hem not sustene.
Thou shalt no whyl be in oo stat, But whylom cold and whylom hat; Now reed as rose, now yelowe and fade.
And whyl I stood thus derk and pale, Resoun bigan to me hir tale; She seide: 'Al hayl, my swete frend!
Yet turn ayeyn, and be al pleyn som day, And than shal this that now is mis be game, And al for-yive, whyl that I live may.
Whyl I was yong, I putte hir forth in prees, 40 But al shal passe that men prose or ryme; Take every man his turn, as for his tyme.
Hir love I best, and shal, whyl I may dure, Bet than my-self an hundred thousand deel, 35 Than al this worldes richesse or creature.
Nay, whyl I am a-lyve here I nil foryete hir never-mo.
Whyl I byde in yowre bor3e, be bayn to 3ow[r]e hest.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whyl" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
