eal-swá
- adverb
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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.
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Ðá cwæþ he ealswá to ðám óðrum
dixit simĭlĭter ad altĕrum,
- Mt. Bos. 21, 30.
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Gewurþe ðé, ealswá ðu wylle
fiat tībi sīcut vis,
- Mt. Bos. 15, 28.
Bosworth, Joseph. “eal-swá.” 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/8544.
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