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Old English · adverb

eallswa

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈæ͜ɑllˌswɑː/
[ˈæ͜ɑɫˌswɑː]
Syllables
ˈæ͜ɑll · ˌswɑː (2 syllables)

eallswa1 · adverb

Senses

  1. just as, just so

    Wē cweðað nū, mid fullum ġelēafan, þæt Crist is sōð witega, and ealra witegena Witega, and þæt he is sōðlīċe ðæs Ælmihtiġan Godes Sunu, ealswā mihtiġ swā his Fæder, mid ðām hē leofað and rīxað on ānnysse ðæs Hālġan Gāstes, ā būtan ende on ēcnysse.

    We say now, with full faith, that Christ is a true prophet, and Prophet of all prophets, and that he is truly the Almighty God's Son, just as mighty as his Father, with whom he lives and reigns in unity of the Holy Ghost, without end forever.

    c. 995, Ælfric, Homilies
  2. likewise, in exactly the same manner

eallswa2 · conjunction

Senses

  1. as, just as, even as, as if

  2. so, even so, likewise, also

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to eall + swā. Cognate with Old Frisian alsa (“all so”), Old Saxon also (“all so”), Old High German alsō (“so, all so”).

Descendants

also, as

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