on ecnesse

== Old English == === Etymology === Literally "in eternity." === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /on ˈeːk.nes.se/ === Adverb === on ēcnesse 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 tō 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”) 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; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “on ecnesse”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.