eall

• æall, eal, all

From Proto-Germanic *allaz. Cognate with Old Frisian al, Old Saxon all, Old Dutch al, Old High German al, Old Norse allr.

• IPA^(key): /æ͜ɑll/, [æ͜ɑɫ]

eall

1. all

   Ealle menn sind ġelīċe.

   All people are equal.

2. whole, entire

   Iċ lufiġe ealne mīnne hīred.

   I love my whole family.

   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Sume ġēare him bærst miċel wund on ōðrum þēo, and hē stōd þurh eall þæt ġēar on ānum fēt.

     One year a large wound burst open on one of his thighs, and he stood on one leg for the whole year.

eall

1. everything
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     For þīnre æfweardnesse, hire þyncþ eall nāwiht þæt hēo hæfþ.

     Without you, everything she has seems like nothing to her.

2. (in the plural) everyone

eall

1. completely

   Mid wundrunge hē ġeseah þæt sē cniht wæs eall fæġer.

   With astonishment, he noticed that the boy was completely beautiful.

2. altogether, in all

• æl-

• Middle English: all, al
  • English: all
    • Northumbrian: aal
  • Scots: a', a, aw; aa, aal
  • Yola: aul, aal, all, al