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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to eall + swā. Cognate with Old Frisian alsa (“all so”), Old Saxon also (“all so”), Old High German alsō (“so, all so”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
eallswā
- just as, just so
- c. 995, Ælfric, Homilies
Wē cweðað nū, mid fullum ġelēafan, þæt Crist is sōð witega, and ealra witegena Witega, and þæt he is sōðlīċe ðæs Ælmihtiġan Godes Sunu, ealswā mihtiġ swā his Fæder, mid ðām hē leofað and rīxað on ānnysse ðæs Hālġan Gāstes, ā būtan ende on ēcnysse.- We say now, with full faith, that Christ is a true prophet, and Prophet of all prophets, and that he is truly the Almighty God's Son, just as mighty as his Father, with whom he lives and reigns in unity of the Holy Ghost, without end forever.
- (with verb) likewise, in exactly the same manner
Conjunction
eallswā
- as, just as, even as, as if
- so, even so, likewise, also
Descendants