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ÁWA

  • adverb
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Grammar
ÁWA, áwo; adv.
Always, ever, for ever; semper, unquam, usque
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  • Áwa

    always,

    • Ps. Th.143, 13
    • .
  • Áwa

    usque,

    • 70, 16: 138, 15
    • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1899
    • ;
    • El. 951
    • .
  • Ne wile heó áwa ðæs síþes geswícan

    nor will it ever desist from its course,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 646
    • ;
    • Sal. 322
    • .
  • Áwa to feore

    in seculum,

    • Ps. Th. 51, 8: 65, 6
    • .
  • On écnesse, áwa

    in æternum,

    • 118, 89
    • .
  • Áwa to worlde

    in seculum seculi,

    • 71, 19 : 144, 1
    • .
  • Áwa to worulde

    usque in seculum,

    • 130, 5 : 532, 4
    • .
  • Áwa to ealdre

    for evermore,

    • Exon. 93 a; Th. 348, 22
    • ;
    • Sch. 32
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 1914
    • ;
    • B. 955
    • .
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Etymology
[
O. Sax. éo unquam, semper
:
O. H. Ger. éo, io unquam, semper
:
Goth. aiw semper
:
Lat. ævum an age
:
Grk. αίεί, αεί always; αίών an age
.]
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