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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *auk. Cognate with Old Frisian āk, Old Saxon ok, Old Dutch ōk, Old High German ouh, Old Norse auk, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ēac
- also, too
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
Nū wylle wē ēac ēow secgan hū hē sume dæġ ēode tō þām godes temple mid þām godspellere Iohanne...- Now will we also tell you how on a certain day he went to God's temple with the evangelist John.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in September"
Ġif wē gōd underfēngon of Godes handa, hwȳ ne sċulon wē ēac yfel underfōn?- If we've accepted good things from God's hand, why shouldn't we accept bad things too?
- (in negative phrases) either
Descendants
Preposition
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- along with, together with
Derived terms