Old English · adverb
elles
- Part of speech
- adverb
Meaning
else, otherwise, in another manner
...ac mē tōdæġ swā wundorlīce is ġelumpen þæt ic þurh nān þincg ne mæġ ġecnāwan hwæðer þys sȳ Ephesa byriġ þe elles ǣniġ ōþer;...
But to-day it has befallen me so wonderfully that I cannot by any means recognise whether this be the city of the Ephesians or else any other.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *alljas
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