See eala gif on Wiktionary
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"english": "If only you were a dog!",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodosius\"\nĒalā ġif þū wǣre hund!",
"translation": "If only you were a dog!",
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},
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"english": "If only I had money.",
"text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nĒalā ġif iċ hæfde feoh.",
"translation": "If only I had money.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"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!",
"translation": "If only I could imitate the blessed Lawrence!",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"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.",
"translation": "If only you knew the sacred mysteries of the cross.",
"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.\"",
"translation": "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.\"",
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"ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑː.lɑː jif/"
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"word": "eala gif"
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"english": "If only you were a dog!",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodosius\"\nĒalā ġif þū wǣre hund!",
"translation": "If only you were a dog!",
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"english": "If only I had money.",
"text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nĒalā ġif iċ hæfde feoh.",
"translation": "If only I had money.",
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"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!",
"translation": "If only I could imitate the blessed Lawrence!",
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},
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"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.",
"translation": "If only you knew the sacred mysteries of the cross.",
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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.\"",
"translation": "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.\"",
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