Old English · adverb
a
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ɑː/
- Syllables
- ɑː (1 syllable)
a1 · adverb
Senses
ever, always
Ne widcweðe iċ, Drihten, tō deorfenne gȳt, ġif iċ nȳdbehefe eom gȳt ðīnum folce; ne iċ ne belādiġe gȳt mē for ylde: bēo ðīn willa ā, weroda Drihten!
I do not refuse, O Lord, to yet labor, if I am needed by your people; nor will I yet excuse myself on account of my age: let your will be forever, Lord of Hosts!
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
a2 · noun · feminine · alternative form
Senses
alternative form of ǣ: law
a3 · preposition · alternative form
Senses
alternative form of on: to, in
Etymology
Derived from Proto-West Germanic *aiw, from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“eternity, age”).
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