- Nū wē
sculan herian Metodes mihte weorc Wuldorfæder; ēce Dryhten, Hē ǣrest gesceōp
heofon tō hrōfe, ða middangeard, ēce Dryhten, fīrum foldan, / heofonrīces...
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among the most
frequent verbs in the language. They are
magan ("can"),
sċulan ("should/must/to owe"), mōtan ("may"), þurfan ("to need"),
witan ("to know")...
- from
sceal and sceolde,
respectively the
present and
preterite forms of
sculan ("owe, be obliged"); and will and
would are from
wille and wolde, respectively...
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gefyld Augustinus witegunge. þe he cwæþ. Gif
Wealas nellað
sibbe wið us. hi
sculan æt
Seaxana handa farwurþan. Þar man sloh eac .cc.
preosta ða
comon ðyder...
- noun
Schuld (the
earliest form is Sculd) is
derived from the
abstract verb
sculan (the
modern form is soll, to be owed).
Originally the word
denoted a financial...