-
siglde ðā ēast be
lande swā swā hē
meahte on fēower
dagum gesiglan. Þā
sceolde hē ðǣr bīdan ryhtnorþanwindes, for ðǣm þæt land bēag þǣr sūþryhte, oþþe...
- Haman; (125) ne wæran þæt gesiþa þa sæmestan, þeah þe ic hy
anihst nemnan sceolde. Ful oft of þam
heape hwinende fleag giellende gar on
grome þeode; wræccan...
- lægde laga þærwið þet swa hwa swa
sloge heort oððe hinde, þet hine man
sceolde blendian. He
forbead þa heortas,
swylce eac þa baras. Swa swiðe he lufode...
-
pronounced in ġeong, o in
sċeolde, and a in sċeadu. This is
suggested by
their developments in
Middle and
Modern English. If ġeong and
sċeolde had the diphthong...
-
ongieten hæfde þæt heo
eacen wæs; æfre ne
meahte þriste geþencan, hu ymb þæt
sceolde. Þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg!
Welund tasted misery among snakes. The stout-hearted...
-
forms of
magan ("may, to be able");
shall and
should are from
sceal and
sceolde,
respectively present and
preterite forms of
sculan ("owe, be obliged");...
- hæfde þæt heo
eacen wæs; / æfre ne
meahte þriste geþencan, / hu ymb þæt
sceolde. Þæs ofereode, / þisses swa mæg!
Welund tasted misery among snakes. The...
- upweardne, on
nearo fēgde. Gif þæs
ondfengan ellen dohte, mec frætwedne
fyllan sceolde rūwes nāthwæt. Rǣd hwæt ic mǣne.
Often a
noble woman, a lady,
locked me...
-
gehwam yð sio
brune lagufæðme beleolc. Lyt ic
wende þæt ic ær oþþe sið æfre
sceolde ofer
meodubence muðleas sprecan,
wordum wrixlan. Þæt is
wundres dæl, on...
