sculan

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1)  should
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "Likewise of Saint Peter"
 * "ang"

- Wē strange sċulon beran þāra unstrangena byrðenne.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in September"
 * "ang"

- Ġif wē gōd underfēngon of Godes handa, hwȳ ne sċulon wē ēac yfel underfōn?


 * 1) * The Legend of St. Andrew
 * "ang"

- Ġēa hlāford, and hwæt ġif iċ swelcne mann ġemēte? Hwelċe mēde sċeal iċ him behātan?


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"

- Ne sċeal nān mann sēocne mannan and ġesārgodne swenċan, ac hine man sċeal lǣdan tō þām lǣċe þæt hē his tiliġe.


 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 1:22
 * "ang"

- Uton sendan sċēaweras þæt sċēawiġen þæt land and cȳðen ūs on hwelcne weġ wē faran sċulon and tō hwelcum burgum.


 * 1)  must
 * 2) * , line 455
 * "ang"

- Gǣþ ā wyrd swā hēo sċeal.


 * 1) * c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's 
 * "ang"

- Sēo burg þæs mōdes sċeal swīðe oft ġefrēdan hire fēonda speru.


 * 1) * c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
 * "ang"

- Þæt word willan næfþ nān bebēodendlīċ, for þon þe sē willa sċeal bēon ǣfre frī.


 * 1) * c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
 * "ang"

- Þā behēoldon swīðe ġeorne þā ċeapmenn hine, and be him on ġeþance smēadon hwæt manna hē bēon sċolde.


 * 1)  to have to
 * 2) * early 11th century, anonymous of Ælfric's  Colloquy (c. 995)
 * "ang"

- Ǣlċe dæġe iċ sċeal erian fulne æcer oþþe mā.


 * 1) * , Manuscript E, year 605
 * "ang"

- Augustīnus cwæþ, "Ġif Wēalas nyllaþ sibbe wiþ ūs, hīe sċulon æt Seaxena handa forweorðan."


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
 * "ang"

- Hū, ne sæġde iċ ǣr þæt sē þe bær līċ ġefrēdan wolde, þæt hē hit sċolde mid barum handum ġefrēdan?


 * 1) * late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
 * "ang"

- Ne wēne iċ, nū iċ lang spell hæbbe tō seċġenne, þæt iċ hīe on þisse bēċ ġeendian mæġe, ac iċ ōðre onġinnan sċeal.


 * 1) to be supposed to do something (used like "supposedly" or "they say...")
 * 2) * late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
 * "ang"

- Þēah þe hē cristen bēon sċolde, nolde hē nāne āre witan þǣre cristenan ǣfæstnesse.


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"

- Iċ wāt þæt þū ġehīerdest oft reċċan on ealdum lēasum spellum þætte Iob Sāturnes sunu sċolde bēon þæt hīehste god ofer eall ōðru godu, and hē sċolde bēon þæs heofones sunu and sċolde rīcsian on heofonum, and sċolden gigantas bēon eorðan suna and þā sċolden rīcsian ofer eorðan, and þā sċolden hīe bēon swelċe hīe wǣron ġesweostrenu bearn, for þon þe hē sċolde bēon heofones sunu and hīe eorðan, and þā sċolde þām gigantum ofþynċan þæt hē hæfde heora rīċe, wolden þā tōbrecan þone heofon under him. Þā sċolde hē sendan þunras and līeġete and windas, and tōweorpan eall heora ġeweorc mid, and hīe selfe ofslēan.


 * 1)  to owe
 * 2) * c. 990, , Luke 16:5
 * "ang"

- Þā þā gafolġieldan ġegaderode wǣron, þā sæġde hē þām forman, "Hū miċel sċealt þū mīnum hlāforde?"


 * 1)  will (indicating the future)

Usage notes
In senses 1 and 2, the infinitive (indicating the thing that should or must be done) is sometimes omitted, and must be inferred from context. For example, Ðēos bōc sċeal tō Wigoraċeastre implies an infinitive with the meaning of "go" (such as ), and therefore means "This book should/must go to Worcester".

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to shall
 * 2) to owe
 * 3) to ought