Old English · adverb
to
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /toː/
- Syllables
- toː (1 syllable)
to1 · adverb
Senses
besides
in addition, also, too; moreover
Ġif mannes esne eorlcundne mannan ofslæhð þane ðe sīo þrēom hundum sċll' ġylde, sē āgend þone banan āġēfe ⁊ dō þǣr þrīo manwyrþ tō.
If a man's servant kills a noble man whose compensation is 300 shillings, the owner shall give up the murderer and also pay the value of three men.
Laws of Hlothhere and Eadricto an excessive degree; too
ne tō wāc wiga, · ne tō wanhȳdiġ, ne tō forht, ne tō fæġen, · ne tō feohġīfre, ne nǣfre ġielpes tō ġeorn, · ǣr hē ġeare cunne.
Should not be too wrathful, nor too hasty in words, nor too weak warrior, nor too careless, nor too fearful, nor too joyful, nor too eager for money, nor ever too eager of pride, before he would know enough.
Ne sċeal nō tō hātheort, · ne tō hrædwyrde,
to2 · preposition
Senses
to, into
Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.
When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30:towards
...ðā beseah hē tō Petre sumere ælmessan wilniġende...
Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"at
used to mark the infinitive (supine) of the verb
Đā ongunnon ealle ðā nǣddran tō ċēowenne heora flæsċ and heora blōd sucan, þæt hī þæt āttor ūt ātugon
Then all the snakes began to chew their flesh and suck their blood in order to draw out the venom.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Churchas (in the role of)
tō bōte
to boot (literally, “as an improvement, thus in addition”)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *de, *do (“to”). Cognate with Old Saxon tō (“to”), Old High German zuo (“to”), Old Irish do.
Descendants
to, too
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