hu mæg þæt beon in Old English

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      "form": "Hū mæġ þæt bēon",
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          "english": "Then said Mary to the angel, \"How can that be that I have a child, for I have known no man?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Lord's Ascension\"\nÞa cwæð Maria to ðam engle, \"Hū mæġ þæt bēon þæt ic cild hæbbe, forðan ðe ic nanes weres ne bruce?",
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  ],
  "word": "hu mæg þæt beon"
}

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    {
      "form": "Hū mæġ þæt bēon",
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          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Lord's Ascension\"\nÞa cwæð Maria to ðam engle, \"Hū mæġ þæt bēon þæt ic cild hæbbe, forðan ðe ic nanes weres ne bruce?",
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  "word": "hu mæg þæt beon"
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"hu mæg þæt beon" meaning in Old English

Phrase