alway

«alway» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: always — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

always

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

At all times, every time. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say always.

examples

• And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway. (Torah EXO.25.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• There we keep holiday alway, nor need we help from any in our joy. (Celtic Fairy Tales) tree →
• So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night. (Torah NUM.9.16, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

always

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 6 (Torah 5, tales 1, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.7 (Torah alone 11.7); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway.
• So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
• For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
• That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.
• Happy is the man that feareth alway; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alway» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.