eldertongue

Old English · adverb

to

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

to1 · adverb

Senses

  1. besides

  2. 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 Eadric
  3. to 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

  1. 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:
  2. 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"
  3. at

  4. 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 Church
  5. as (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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