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  • adverb
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Grammar
Á, aa, aaa; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §265; §564; §646;
Always, ever, for ever; hence the O. Eng. AYE, ever; semper, unquam, usque
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  • Ac á sceal ðæt wiðerwearde gemetgian

    but ever must the contrary moderate,

    • Bt. 21; Fox 74, 19.

  • Án God á on écnysse

    one God to all eternity [lit. one God ever, in eternity ],

    • Homl. Th. ii. 22, 32.

  • Á on écnisse

    usque in æternum,

    • Jos. 4, 7.

  • Ic á ne geseah

    'I not ever saw' = I never saw,

    • Cd. 19; Th. 24, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 375.

  • Á = ǽfre: Nú, sceal beón á on Ií abbod

    now, there shall always [ever] be an abbot in Iona,

    • Chr. 565; Th. 33, 2, col. 2.

  • Nú, sceal beón ǽfre on Ií abbod

    now, there shall ever [always] be an abbot in Iona,

    • Chr. 565; Th. 32, 11; 33, 4, col. 1.

  • He biþ aa [áá MS.] ymbe ðæt án

    he is for ever about that one [thing ],

    • L. Th. ii. 310, 25.

  • Aa on worulda woruld

    semper in seculorum seculum,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 37.

  • Nú and aaa [ááá MS.], to worulde búton ǽghwilcum ende

    now and ever, to a world without any end,

    • Bt. 42; Fox 260, 15.

  • Á world

    for ever,

    • Ex. 21, 6.

  • Á forþ

    ever forth, from thence,

    • Bt. Tupr. 303, 31
      • .
    [The original signification seems to be a flowing, referring to time, which every moment flows on, hence ever, always, also to ǽ, eá flowing water, a river. In Johnston's Index Geog. there are nineteen rivers in Europe with the name of Aa = Á.]
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v.  ÁWA.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Á.” 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/4.

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