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"english": "What more do you want from me?",
"text": "Hwæt wilt þū mā æt mē?",
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{
"english": "I want you to read.",
"text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nIċ wille þæt þū rǣde.",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "What do you want me to do to you?",
"roman": "Hwæt wilt þū þæt iċ þē dō?",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 10:51",
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"english": "Where do you want to go?",
"text": "10th century, the Blickling Homilies, \"The Story of Peter and Paul\"\nHwæder wilt þū gangan?",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "...he desired to go out of the town...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"The Seven Sleepers\"\n...he wolde gan ut of ðam porte...",
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"text": "Iċ wolde þæt dōn!",
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"english": "Never draw your sword unless you intend to use it.",
"text": "Ne breġd þū nǣfre þīn sweord būtan þū his notian wille.",
"type": "example"
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"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"St. Oswald, King and Martyr\"\nHē wolde oftost æfter ūhtsange hine ġebiddan.\nHe would most often pray after matins.",
"type": "quotation"
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"text": "Hwæt lā wilt þū dōn, mē stingan?",
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"english": "How many times have I wanted to get away from here?",
"text": "Hū oft wolde iċ heonan onweġ?",
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{
"english": "Where are you guys going?",
"roman": "Hwæder willaþ ġē?",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 32:17",
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"english": "How would you like it if I knew all your secrets?",
"text": "Hū wolde þē līcian ġif ic wisse ealle þīne dēagolnesse?",
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"ipa": "[ˈwiɫ.ɫɑn]"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"text": "Hwæt wilt þū mā æt mē?",
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"english": "I want you to read.",
"text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nIċ wille þæt þū rǣde.",
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"english": "What do you want me to do to you?",
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"text": "10th century, the Blickling Homilies, \"The Story of Peter and Paul\"\nHwæder wilt þū gangan?",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "...he desired to go out of the town...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"The Seven Sleepers\"\n...he wolde gan ut of ðam porte...",
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"text": "Iċ wolde þæt dōn!",
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{
"english": "Never draw your sword unless you intend to use it.",
"text": "Ne breġd þū nǣfre þīn sweord būtan þū his notian wille.",
"type": "example"
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"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"St. Oswald, King and Martyr\"\nHē wolde oftost æfter ūhtsange hine ġebiddan.\nHe would most often pray after matins.",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "What are you gonna do, stab me?",
"text": "Hwæt lā wilt þū dōn, mē stingan?",
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"used to express futurity"
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"english": "How many times have I wanted to get away from here?",
"text": "Hū oft wolde iċ heonan onweġ?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Where are you guys going?",
"roman": "Hwæder willaþ ġē?",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 32:17",
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"english": "How would you like it if I knew all your secrets?",
"text": "Hū wolde þē līcian ġif ic wisse ealle þīne dēagolnesse?",
"type": "example"
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"ipa": "[ˈwiɫ.ɫɑn]"
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