† ay-lasting, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 ay-, ai-lastand(e, ai-, ay lasting, 7 aye-lasting.
[See ay adv. 5.]
Everlasting. Hence aylastingly adv.
| c 1340 Hampole Prose Tr. (1866) 1 Ay-lastande saluacyone es hopede. c 1340 Alex. & Dind. 70 Ailastinge lif. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 55 Ay lasting deþ. 1603 Florio Montaigne iii. vi. (1632) 506 Aye-lasting and commendable memory. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 7 Ordeyning aylastingly þe contrary. |