eldertongue

Old English · adverb

awa to ealdre

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈɑː.wɑ toː ˈæ͜ɑl.dre/
[ˈɑː.wɑ toː ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dre]
Syllables
ˈɑː · wɑ · toː · ˈæ͜ɑl · dre (5 syllables)

Meaning

  1. for all time, for evermore, forever

    Forþon þæt eorla ġehwām, æftercweþendra lof lifġendra lāstworda betst. Þæt hē ġewyrċe, ǣr hē on weġ sċyle, fremman on foldan wið fēonda nīþ, dēorum dǣdum dēofle tōġēanes, þæt hine ælda bearn æfter herġen, ond his lof siþþan lifġe mid englum āwa tō ealdre, ēċan līfes blǣd, drēam mid dugeþum.

    Thus, for every man, the praise of the after-speakers is the best of the living ones' reputations. That he would make it well, before he should set off on the way, to further on Earth against foes' hate, by bold deeds against the Devil, that children of men would afterwards praise him, and his honor since would live among the angels for ever and ever, blessedness, bliss with glees of the everlasti

    10th century, The Seafarer:

Etymology

From āwa (“ever”) + tō (“to”) + ealdor (“life, age”).

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