Old English Dictionary Entry

Eallunga

Part of speech: allunga, eallenga, eællenge, eallinga, eallnunge; Related words: Altogether, entirely, quite, indeed, at all, assuredly, utterly

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1 eallunga

ad prorsus, omnīno, profecto :-- Ðæt ge eallunga ne swerion non jurāre omnīno, Mt. Bos. 5, 34: Exon. 21 b; Th. 57, 23; Cri. 923: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 131; Met. 25, 66: Bt. 10; Fox 30, 3. Eallunga Godes ríce on eów becymþ profecto pervēnit in vos regnum Dei, Lk. Bos. 11, 20. eallunga

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Runic Inscription

ᛠᛚᛚᚢᛝᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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