ealne weg

From Proto-Germanic *allanǭ wegą (literally “all the way”). Cognate with Old Norse allan veg. One of many fossilized phrases that became idiomatic when the language developed a definite article.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑl.ne wej/, [ˈæ͜ɑɫ.ne wej]

ealne weġ

1. all the way
2. always
   • Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan

     Þā fōr hē norðrihte bē þǣm lande: lēt him ealne weġ þæt wēste land on þæt steorbord, and þā wīd sǣ on bæcbord, þrȳ dagas. Þā wæs hē swā feor norð swā þā hwælhuntan fyrrest farað.

     Then he traveled due north along the land, always keeping the wasteland to his starboard and the wide sea to his port, for three days. Then he was as far north as the whalers' farthest travels.

• ealneġ (through contraction)

• English: all the way