swa same

Old English

Alternative forms

• swa some

Etymology

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Adverb

swā same

1. 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!

See also

• swa same swa

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “same”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.