on ecnesse

Old English

Etymology

Literally "in eternity."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /on ˈeːk.nes.se/

Adverb

on ēcnesse

1. forever

Synonyms

• ā and simle (“(for)ever and always”)
• ā simle (“(for)ever always, always (for)ever”)
• ā tō ealdre (“for all time, for evermore”)
• ǣfre on ealdre (“emphatic ever, forever”)
• ēce (“eternally, perpetually, evermore”)
• ēcelīċe (“eternally, perpetually, evermore”)
• ēċe tō ealdre (“for all time, for evermore”)
• on ealdre ǣfre (“emphatic ever, forever”)
• simle ēċe (“always forever (or evermore)”)
• tō wīdum fēore (“for all eternity”)

Derived terms

• simle on ēcnesse (“always forever, throughout eternity”)

Related terms

• ēċe (“eternal, perpetual, everlasting”)
• ēċelīċ (“eternal, perpetual, everlasting”)

References

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