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eall-swá

  • adverb
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with adj. or adv., just as or
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  • Ealswá feala mǽrþa ic geríme

    tot ego glorias numerabo,

      An. Ox. 4762.

  • Ic wylle þysum ýtemestan syllan eallswá mycel swá þé

    volo huic novissimo dare sicut et tibi,

      Mt. 20, 14.

  • Eallswá mihtig swá hé nú is,

      Swt. A. S. Rdr. 57, 39.
with verb,
likewise, in just the same way
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  • Hí geféngon ðone feórþan and eallswá getintregedon,

      Hml. S. 25, 143.

  • Se wítega wæs ealswá genumen tó ðám óðrum lífe,

      Swt. A. S. Rdr. 61, 140.
adverbial conjunction.
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  • Ealswá

    ut,

      An. Ox. 316.

  • Hí dydon eallswá hí bewuna wǽron,

      Chr. 1001; P. 133, 20.

  • Tó dónne be him eallswá Judas dyde be úre Drihtene,

      1087; P. 222, 34.

  • Stande hé eallswá (eal-,

    v. l.

    ) wé ǽr cwǽdon,
      R. Ben. 69, 4.

  • Hé sý on swége gelencged eallswá (eal-,

    v. l.

    ) on
      Sunnandæge, 37, 8.
as (
if)
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  • Hí ridon tó Bosanhám eallswá hí sceoldon tó Sandwíc,

      Chr. 1049; P. 168, 35.
correlative forms
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  • Eallswá bealdlíce mót se ðeówa clypigan God him tó Fæder ealswá se cyning,

      Hml. Th. i. 260, 23-24.

  • Eallswá (eal-,

    v. l.

    ) yfel anda lǽt tó helle, ealrihte swá gód anda lǽt tó
      Gode, R. Ben. 131, 12.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eall-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/43344.

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