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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz. Cognate with Old Frisian al, Old Saxon all, Old Dutch al, Old High German al, Old Norse allr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
eall
- all
Ealle menn sind unġelīċe.- All people are different.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 24:38-39
On þǣm dagum ǣr þǣm flōde wǣron menn etende and drincende, and wīfiġende and ġifte sellende, ōþ þone dæġ þe Nōe on þā earċe ēode, and hīe nysson ǣr sē flōd cōm and nam hīe ealle.- In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they didn't know until the flood came and took them all.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Lord's Ascension"
Eft he cwæð, "Ic bēo mid ēow eallum dagum, ōð þisre worulde geendunge," seðe lyfað and rixað mid þam Ælmihtigan Fæder and ðam Halgum Gaste á on ecnysse. Amen.- Again he said, "I will be with you on all days, until the ending of this world," who liveth and reigneth with the Almighty Father and the Holy Ghost ever to eternity. Amen.
- whole, entire
Iċ lufiġe ealne mīnne hīred.- I love my whole family.
- late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
Sume ġēare him bærst miċel wund on ōðrum þēo, and hē stōd þurh eall þæt ġēar on ānum fēt.- One year a large wound burst open on one of his thighs, and he stood on one leg for the whole year.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
Petrus āna spræc for ealne þone hēap.- Peter by himself spoke for the whole group.
Usage notes
- Eall generally does not form partitive genitives, as it is expressing the whole of something rather than a smaller part of it: ealle þā cyningas ġegaderodon on þǣre byrġ ("all of the kings gathered in the city", or literally, "all the kings gathered in the city").
Declension
Declension of eall — Strong
Declension of eall — Weak
Pronoun
eall
- everything
- (in the plural) everyone
Adverb
eall
- completely
Mid wundrunge hē ġeseah þæt sē cniht wæs eall fæġer.- With astonishment, he noticed that the boy was completely beautiful.
10th century, The Wanderer:Ġemon hē seleseċġas · ond sincþege,
hū hine on ġeoguðe · his goldwine
wenede tō wiste · Wyn eal ġedrēas.- He remembers hall-men and takings of treasures,
how his goldfriend accustomed him
to feast on youth. Mirth has completely perished.
- altogether, in all, all
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