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ever; semper,
of eternity
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  • Wæs ǽfre on his écum rǽde ðæt hé wolde gewyrcan ðás woruld,

      Hex. 22, 7.

  • Nǽnig ys sé ðe ǽfre lybbe,

      Scint. 215, 2.
of continuity or continuous recurrence in time,
at all times, on every occasion
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  • Ǽfri is

    deinceps,

      An. Ox. 56, 103.

  • Wearð ǽfre fleám ástiht, and ǽfre hí æt ende sige áhton,

      Chr. 998; P. 131, 15.

  • Full neáh ǽfre þe óðer man

    very nearly every other man,

      1086; P. 217, 29.

  • Gif wé ǽfre wiðsacað deófle,

      Hml. Th. i. 170, 16.

  • Ǽfre swá hí neár and neár eódon,

      Hml. S. 23, 424.
ever, at any time, in any case; unquam
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  • Ne wearð wæl máre ǽfer (ǽfre,

    v. l.

    ) gieta,
      Chr. 937; P. 109, 24.

  • Ne him líg sceðeð ǽfre tó ealdre,

      Ph. 40.

  • Gé wyllað sweltan ǽr ðan ðe gé ǽfre his geleáfan wiðsacon,

      Hml. Th. ii. 308, 9.

  • Búton heó hit ǽfre gebéte,

      Hml. S. 17, 156: An. 1014.
giving emphasis as in whatever, (as)
ever, &c.
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  • Swá rihtlíce geséman swá him ǽfre rihtlícost þúhte,

      C. D. iii. 292, 32.

  • Eall ðæt ǽfre betst wæs,

      Chr. 1048; P. 174, 23.
  • Hwæt ðis ǽfre beón scyle? Hml. S. 23, 532.
  • Hú hé ǽfre embe hý sceolde, 311.

  • Ǽfre ðeáh (

    any how

    ) for his hálgena earnunge, hé him ðis geþanc on móde ásende, 313.
  • Ǽfre ǽlc dǽl his cynnes, 348.

  • Ǽfre ǽlcne Deniscne cyning útlagede hí gecwǽdon,

      Chr. 1014; P. 145, 11.

  • Ymbe ǽfre ǽlce neóde,

      Wlfst. 20, 19: Ll. Th. i. 372, 30.

  • Gif ǽfre ǽnig (cf. ǽfr-ǽnig) man ciricgrið ábrece,

      340, 6.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽfre.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/37662.

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