Old English · adverb
ealles
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈæ͜ɑl.les/[ˈæ͜ɑɫ.ɫes]
- Syllables
- ˈæ͜ɑl · les (2 syllables)
Meaning
completely, wholly, entirely
totally, altogether, in all
fully
Etymology
The genitive of eall, equivalent to eall + -es. Functionally and semantically cognate to Old Frisian alles; Saterland Frisian alles, ales; West Frisian alles; Old Saxon alles; Middle Low German alles; alles; German Low German alles, alles—(Münsterländisch Sauerländisch), olles, (Paderbornisch); Old Dutch alles; Middle Dutch alles; Dutch alles; Afrikaans alles; Middle High German alles; German alles; Alemannic German alls; Old Norse alls; Icelandic alls.
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