eala gif
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæːɑ̯lɑː jif/, [ˈæːɑ̯ɫɑː jif]
Phrase
- if only
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodosius"
- Ēalā ġif þū wǣre hund!
- If only you were a dog!
- Ēalā ġif þū wǣre hund!
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- Ēalā ġif iċ hæfde feoh.
- If only I had money.
- Ēalā ġif iċ hæfde feoh.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence"
- Ēalā ġif iċ mōste þām ēadigan Laurentium ġeefenlǣċan!
- If only I could imitate the blessed Lawrence!
- Ēalā ġif iċ mōste þām ēadigan Laurentium ġeefenlǣċan!
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
- Ēalā ġif þū witan woldest þǣre hālgan rōde ġerȳnu.
- If only you knew the sacred mysteries of the cross.
- Ēalā ġif þū witan woldest þǣre hālgan rōde ġerȳnu.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in September"
- Iōb cwæþ, "Ēalā ġif mīna synna and mīn iermþ þe iċ þoliġe wǣren āweġena on ānre wǣgan, þanne wǣren hīe swǣrran ġesewena þanne sandcorn on sǣ."
- Job said, "If only my sins and the misery I suffer were weighed on a scale; then they would appear heavier than the sandgrains in the sea."
- Iōb cwæþ, "Ēalā ġif mīna synna and mīn iermþ þe iċ þoliġe wǣren āweġena on ānre wǣgan, þanne wǣren hīe swǣrran ġesewena þanne sandcorn on sǣ."
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodosius"
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