no while

adv

adv

Etymology From Middle English no while, equivalent to no (determiner) + while (noun).

For no time; not for any length of time.

Thenne Kynge Mark hadde his ansuer / There with came Elyas and badde the Kynge yelde vp the castel / for ye maye not hold it no whyle / Sir Elyas said the kyng so wyll I yelde vp the castel yf I be not soone rescoued1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:

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