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Gothic
Romanization
skulan
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skulan.
Verb
skulan
- shall, will
- 9th c., Heliand, verse 621:
that he scoldi an Bethleem giboran werðan: 'so is an usan bokun giscriƀan- that he should be born in Bethleem: 'so it is written in our books'
- to must, to have to
- 9th c., Heliand, verse 1883:
Uuesat iu so uuara uuiðar thiu, uuið iro fēcneon dādiun, sō man uuiðar fīundun scal- Be careful against them, against their dreadful actions, just like one must be (careful) against his enemies
Conjugation
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