þa hwile þe

Meaning

1. while

   "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 9, verse 4

   It behoves me to work work of that which sent to me, while it is day; night comes, then no one can work.

2. as long as

   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.

   In short, I wanted to live honorably as long as I lived, and to leave behind, for those who would come after me, the memory of me in good works.

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy