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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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