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Old English · adverb

eac

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/æ͜ɑːk/
Syllables
æ͜ɑːk (1 syllable)

eac1 · adverb

Senses

  1. also, too

    Nū wylle wē ēac ēow secgan hū hē sume dæġ ēode tō þām godes temple mid þām godspellere Iohanne...

    Now will we also tell you how on a certain day he went to God's temple with the evangelist John.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
  2. either

eac2 · preposition

Senses

  1. along with, together with

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *auk. Cognate with Old Frisian āk, Old Saxon ok, Old Dutch ōk, Old High German ouh, Old Norse auk, Gothic (auk).

Descendants

eek, eke, nickname

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