alway en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈɔːl.weɪ/
Etymology
From Middle English alwey, from Old English ealneġ, ealne weġ (“always, perpetually”, literally “all the way”), from ealne + weġ (accusative case), equivalent to al- (“all”) + way. Cognate with Scots alwayis (“always”). More at all, way.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, archaic, not-comparable) Alternative form of always.
alt of always
Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 7:6, column 1:And lo I am with you allwaye even untyll the ende off the worlde.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxviij, folio xliii, recto:Tired flower! upon my breast, I would wear thee alway
1900, Ernest Dowson, Villanelle of Sunset, lines 16–17:I seal myself upon thee with my might, Abiding alway out of all men's sight Until God loosen over sea and land The thunder of the trumpets of the night.
1862-1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Laus Veneris: