swa same
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Etymology[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
swā same
- in the same way, manner, similarly
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Metres of Boethius, Metre 27, lines 22-25
- Dēaþ ēac swā same æfter mon-cynne, ġeond þisne middan ġeard, ēġeslīc hunta!
- Death also in like manner after mankind seeks, throughout this middle earth, terrific hunter!
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Metres of Boethius, Metre 27, lines 22-25
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “same”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.