a to feore
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ā (“ever”) + tō (“to”) + fēore (“life”), dative of feorh (“life, existence”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ā tō fēore
Synonyms[edit]
- ā and symble (“(for)ever and always”)
- ā symble (“(for)ever always, always (for)ever”)
- āwa tō ealdre (“for all time, for evermore”)
- ǣfre on ealdre (“emphatic ever, forever”)
- ēċe tō ealdre (“for all time, for evermore”)
- on ealdre ǣfre (“emphatic ever, forever”)
- on ēċnesse (“forever, for eternity”)
- symble on ēċnesse (“always forever”)
- symble ēċe (“always forever (or evermore)”)
Related terms[edit]
- ǣfre (“ever”)
- tō wīdan fēore (“for all eternity”)
See also[edit]
- ēċe (“eternally, perpetually, evermore”)
- on ealdre (“ever”)
- singale (“ever, continually, constantly”)
- singales (“ever, continually, constantly”)
- symble (“always, continuously, constantly”)
- tō ealdre (“always”)
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “a to feore”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.