Obs., also aa, o, oo. [OE. á, áwa, cognate with ON. ǽ, OHG. eo, io, Goth. aiw, cf. aiws an age, L. aevum, Gr. αἰών and adv. αἰεί. This word became obs. in 13th c., being replaced by the cognate Norse word aȝ, ai, ei, ay, aye, still used. See AYE, and O.] Ever, aye, always.
Beowulf, 915. Gæð á wyrd swá hió sceal. Ibid., 1914. Þæt þín [dóm] lyfad · áwa tó aldre.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 183. Te engles .a. biholdeþ þé.
1205. Layamon, II. 54. And a [1250 euere] to ure liue · witen ure leoden.
c. 1220. St. Kath., 279. Þat ha schulen lasten a.
a. 1230. Ancren Riwle, 36. World a buten ende.
c. 1230. Hali Meid., 15. Þer is a feht & mot beon aa nede.
