a to feore

Old English

Etymology

From ā (“ever”) +‎ tō (“to”) +‎ fēore (“life”), dative of feorh (“life, existence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː toː ˈfe͜oː.re/

Adverb

ā tō fēore

1. 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

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “a to feore”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.