- þā hwælhuntan
firrest faraþ. Þā fōr hē þā giet norþryhte swā feor swā hē
meahte on þǣm ōþrum þrīm
dagum gesiglau. Þā bēag þæt land, þǣr ēastryhte, oþþe...
- ymbsæt
Anlaf cyning ⁊
Wulfstan arcebiscop on Legraceastre, ⁊ he hy
gewyldan meahte, nære þæt hi on niht ut ne ætburston of þære byrig, ⁊ æfter þæm
begeat Anlaf...
-
sylfre þing, þæt heo
gearolice ongieten hæfde þæt heo
eacen wæs; æfre ne
meahte þriste geþencan, hu ymb þæt sceolde. Þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg! Welund...
- gave her the ball"). Instrumental:
something that is
being used. Hwæl mē
meahte mid āne sleġe besenċan oþþe ofslēan ("A
whale could sink or kill me with...
-
sylfre þing, þæt heo
gearolice /
ongieten hæfde þæt heo
eacen wæs; / æfre ne
meahte þriste geþencan, / hu ymb þæt sceolde. Þæs ofereode, / þisses swa mæg! Welund...
-
would and should. Similarly, may and
might are from Old
English mæg and
meahte,
respectively the
present and
preterite forms of
magan ("may, to be able");...
- endesæta, ægwearde heold, þe on land Dena laðra nænig mid
scipherge sceðþan ne
meahte. No her cuðlicor ****an
ongunnon lindhæbbende; ne ge
leafnesword guðfremmendra...
- ābīdan
sceal lāþran gemōtes. Nǣfre lǣcecynn on
folcstede findan meahte, þāra þe mid
wyrtum wunde gehǣlde, ac mē ecga dolg ēacen weorðað...
- gæste. Mec seo friþe mæg
fedde siþþan, oþþæt ic aweox,
widdor meahte siþas asettan. Heo hæfde swæsra þy læs suna ond dohtra, þy heo...
