FromProto-West Germanic*all, fromProto-Germanic*allaz. Cognate withOld Frisianal,Old Saxonall,Old Dutchal,Old High Germanal,Old Norseallr.
eall
- all
Ealle menn sind unġelīċe.- All people are different.
- c. 990,Wessex Gospels,Matthew 24:38-39
On þǣm dagum ǣr þǣm flōde wǣron menn etende and drincende, and wīfiġende and ġifte sellende, ōþ þone dæġ þe Nōe on þā earċe ēode, and hīe nysson ǣr sē flōd cōm and nam hīeealle.- In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they didn't know until the flood came and took themall.
- c. 992,Ælfric,"On the Lord's Ascension"
Eft he cwæð, "Ic bēo mid ēoweallum dagum, ōð þisre worulde geendunge," seðe lyfað and rixað mid þam Ælmihtigan Fæder and ðam Halgum Gaste á on ecnysse. Amen.- Again he said, "I will be with you onall days, until the ending of this world," who liveth and reigneth with the Almighty Father and the Holy Ghost ever to eternity. Amen.
- whole,entire
Iċ lufiġeealne mīnne hīred.- I love mywhole family.
- late 9th century,Old English Martyrology
Sume ġēare him bærst miċel wund on ōðrum þēo, and hē stōd þurheall þæt ġēar on ānum fēt.- One year a large wound burst open on one of his thighs, and he stood on one leg for thewhole year.
- c. 992,Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
Petrus āna spræc forealne þone hēap.- Peter by himself spoke for thewhole group.
- Eall generally does not form partitive genitives, as it is expressing the whole of something rather than a smaller part of it:ealle þā cyningas ġegaderodon on þǣre byrġ ("all of the kings gathered in the city", or literally, "all the kings gathered in the city").
Declension ofeall — Strong
eall
- everything
- (in theplural)everyone
eall
- completely
Mid wundrunge hē ġeseah þæt sē cniht wæseall fæġer.- With astonishment, he noticed that the boy wascompletely beautiful.
10th century,The Wanderer:Ġemon hē seleseċġas · ond sincþege,
hū hine on ġeoguðe · his goldwine
wenede tō wiste · Wyneal ġedrēas.- He remembers hall-men and takings of treasures,
how his goldfriend accustomed him
to feast on youth. Mirth hascompletely perished.
- altogether,in all,all
