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eal-swá

  • adverb
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Grammar
eal-swá, eall-swá; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§15; §560;
ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so; simĭlĭter, sīcut
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  • Cristenum cyninge gebýreþ ðæt he sý ealswá hit riht is

    it is the duty of a Christian king to be as it is right,

    • L. I. P. 2
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 304, 8,
    • 22.
  • Ðá cwæþ he ealswá to ðám óðrum

    dixit simĭlĭter ad altĕrum,

    • Mt. Bos. 21,
    • 30.
  • Gewurþe ðé, ealswá ðu wylle

    fiat tībi sīcut vis,

    • Mt. Bos. 15,
    • 28.
Etymology
[
Piers P. Chauc. als also:
Laym. alse, al so, al swa, al swo as, so, also, thus, as if:
Orm. allse, alls, allswa, all swa also, as, so:
O. Sax. alsó simĭlĭter, tanquam, sīcut, quăsi, quum:
Frs. als, az,]alsa sīcut, cum, ita, si:
O. Frs. alsa, olsa ita, cum:
Dut. als when, if; alzoo thus, so:
Ger. also thus; als as, when:
M. H. Ger. als, alsó, alse thus, when:
O. H. Ger. al só ut, sīcut, vĕlut, sic
.]
Linked entries
v.  swá al-swá eall-swá.
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  • eal-swá, adv.