"æterne" meaning in English

See æterne in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more æterne [comparative], most æterne [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} æterne (comparative more æterne, superlative most æterne)
  1. Alternative form of eterne Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: eterne
    Sense id: en-æterne-en-adj-HTiCzLtb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Botte thanne rennome æterne—ytte ys botte ayre;[…]I fele myne eyne to ſwymme yn æterne nyghte;[…]Whenne Brute from Brutons ſonke to æterne reſte.",
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          "text": "So seek the daughters of illicit joy, / Like roaring lions, whom they may destroy, / They mimic charms, to seeming pleasures lure, / But lead to woes æterne, to woes that have no cure:[…]",
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          "ref": "1855, Philip James Bailey, The Mystic and Other Poems, London: Chapman and Hall, page 63",
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