"eala gif" meaning in Old English

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      "form": "ēalā ġif",
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If only you were a dog!",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodosius\"\nĒalā ġif þū wǣre hund!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If only I had money.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nĒalā ġif iċ hæfde feoh.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If only I could imitate the blessed Lawrence!",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence\"\nĒalā ġif iċ mōste þām ēadigan Laurentium ġeefenlǣċan!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If only you knew the sacred mysteries of the cross.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle\"\nĒalā ġif þū witan wolde þǣre hālgan rōde ġerȳnu.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "english": "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.\"",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The First Sunday in September\"\nIōb cwæþ, \"Ēalā ġif mīna synna and mīn iermþu þe iċ þoliġe wǣren āweġena on ānre wǣgan, þonne wǣren hīe swǣrran ġesewena þonne sandcorn on sǣ.\"",
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        "if only"
      ],
      "id": "en-eala_gif-ang-phrase-FRQlEQTZ",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑː.lɑː jif/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eala gif"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If only you were a dog!",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodosius\"\nĒalā ġif þū wǣre hund!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If only I had money.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nĒalā ġif iċ hæfde feoh.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If only I could imitate the blessed Lawrence!",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence\"\nĒalā ġif iċ mōste þām ēadigan Laurentium ġeefenlǣċan!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If only you knew the sacred mysteries of the cross.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle\"\nĒalā ġif þū witan wolde þǣre hālgan rōde ġerȳnu.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "english": "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.\"",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The First Sunday in September\"\nIōb cwæþ, \"Ēalā ġif mīna synna and mīn iermþu þe iċ þoliġe wǣren āweġena on ānre wǣgan, þonne wǣren hīe swǣrran ġesewena þonne sandcorn on sǣ.\"",
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        "if only"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑː.lɑː jif/"
    }
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  "word": "eala gif"
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