alsae

Scots

Alternative forms

• alsua
• alswa

Etymology

From Middle Scots alswa, alsua, from Early Scots allswa, from Old English ealswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to a' +‎ sae. Cognate with Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as. More at all, so.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l.sə/
• Hyphenation: al‧sae

Adverb

alsae (not comparable)

1. (Southern Scots) also.