1.

With adjs.: entirely, utterly, very, quite, etc.;al idel, entirely useless;~ wery, quite weary;~ right, quite right;~ ful, all full;~ alone, all alone;~ another, quite different;al to lut, much too little; etc.

2.

With verbs & ppls.: (a) to the fullest extent or degree; completely, utterly, perfectly, fully, etc.; (b) as a simple emphatic; used inWBible(1) to render the L prefixcon-.

3.

With advs. & adverbial phrases: entirely, quite;al ful, ~ fulli, fully;al round, all around;~ al-swa, al thus, just so; -- freq. as simple emphatic and as verse filler.

4.

With conjs., as an emphatic: (a)if al, even if; cp.al-if; (b)though al, even though; cp.al-though; (c)al alswo, al as, al..so, just as; cp.also &as; (d)al hou, just how, how.

5.

As a conj., introd. a clause with inverted order and subjunctive: even if, although; -- often followed by a clause without a connective or by a clause introd. bythat, though, orif: (a) with various verbs;al were; (b)al be (it, that, so),al it be.