whilend (comparative more whilend, superlative most whilend)
whilend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
From Middle English whilende, whilwende, from Old English hwīlende, hwīlwende (“transitory, temporary, temporal”), from hwīl (“time, while”) + -wende (“moving, going about, turning”, suffix), equivalent to while + wending.