a to feore
Old English
Etymology
From ā "ever" + tō "to" + fēore "life", dative of feorh "life, existence".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑː toː ˈfeːo̯re/
Adverb
ā tō fēore
- for evermore
Synonyms
- 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
- ǣfre (“ever”)
- tō wīdan fēore (“for all eternity”)
See also
- ēċe (“eternally, perpetually, evermore”)
- on ealdre (“ever”)
- singale (“ever, continually, constantly”)
- singales (“ever, continually, constantly”)
- symble (“always, continuously, constantly”)
- tō ealdre (“always”)
References
- Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary