and swa forþ

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Old English

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  • IPA(key): /ɑnd swɑː forθ/,

Phrase

and swā forþ

  1. et cetera, and so on, and so forth
    • The Worcester Chronicle, year 1067
      Hire fæder wæs Ēadweard æðeling, Ēadmundes sunu cyninges, Ēadmund Æðelrēding, Æðelrēd Ēadgāring, Ēadgār Ēadrēding, and swā forþ on þæt cynecynn, and hire mōdorcynn gǣþ tō Heinrice cāsere, þe hæfde ānweald ofer Rōme.
      Her father was Edward the Exile, son of Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred the Unready, son of Edgar the Peaceful, son of King Eadred, and so on down the royal line, and her mother's lineage goes back to Henry II, who was a Holy Roman Emperor.

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  • English: and so forth