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Old English · phrase

and swa forþ

Part of speech
phrase
IPA
/ɑnd swɑː forθ/
[ɑnd swɑː forˠθ]
Syllables
ɑnd · swɑː · forθ (3 syllables)
Modern English
and so forthetcetera

Meaning

  1. et cetera, and so on, and so forth

    Hire fæder wæs Ēadweard æðeling, Ēadmundes sunu cyninges, Ēadmund Æðelrēding, Æðelrēd Ēadgāring, Ēadgār Ēadrēding, and swā forþ on þæt cynecynn, and hire mōdorcynn gǣþ tō Heinrice cāsere, þe hæfde ānweald ofer Rōme.

    The Worcester Chronicle, year 1067

Descendants

and so forth

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