eterne
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of eterne
1325–75; Middle English < Latin aeternus, contraction of aeviternus, equivalent to aev ( um ) age + -i- -i- + -ternus, extended form of -ernus suffix of temporal adjectives
Example Sentences
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By worde eterne whylom was hit shape That fro the fifte cercle, in no manere, Ne mighte a drope of teres doun escape.
From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.
In hevene and helle, in erthe and salte see Is felt thy might, if that I wel descerne; As man, brid, best, fish, herbe and grene tree Thee fele in tymes with vapour eterne.
From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph
In hevene and helle, in erthe and salte see Is felt thy might, if that I wel descerne; As man, brid, best, fish, herbe and grene tree 10 Thee fele in tymes with vapour eterne.
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Progress eterne! thou goest hand in hand With Life eterne, and naught but death e'er dies.
From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Whitney, Orson F.
Before me there were no created things, Only eterne, and I eternal last.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various
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