eala gif
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Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- if only
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodosius"
- Ēalā ġif þū wǣre hund!
- If only you were a dog!
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- Ēalā ġif iċ hæfde feoh.
- If only I had money.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence"
- Ēalā ġif iċ mōste þām ēadigan Laurentium ġeefenlǣċan!
- If only I could imitate the blessed Lawrence!
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
- Ēalā ġif þū witan wolde þǣre hālgan rōde ġerȳnu.
- If only you knew the sacred mysteries of the cross.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in September"
- Iōb 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."
- 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."
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodosius"