Middle English Dictionary Entry
shulen v.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | shulen v.(1) Forms: sg.1 & 3 shal(e, shalle, shel(e, shul(e, shulle, shol(le, shille, shinne, chal(le, chul, (S) ssal, swal, sse(l, (early) scal, scæl, sceal, sceæl, scule, scyle & sal(le, sāle, sel, sul(e, sil, (early) sæl, seal, sol & (late EM) xal(e, xul, zal & (errors) sha, schle, schchl, shab, schalt, schulen, salch, psal; sg.2 shalt(e, shald, shelt, shult, sholt, chalt, shalst, shat, (S) ssalt, sselt, (early) scalt, scald, scælt, scealt, sceald, scelt & salt(e, salth, xalt, (early) sald, sælt, silt(h, solt & shal(le, shāle, shul(e, shō̆le, shel, (K) ssel, (early) scal, sceole, scule & sal(le, sāle, (early) sule & (late EM) xul & (errors) schlat, sselelt, ichalt; pl. shul(l)en, shuln(e, shul(l)eth, shulle, shul(e, sholle(n, sholleth, shol(e(n, sholi, shǒul(l)e, shal(le, shāle, shele(n, shelle, sculle, scollen, scal(e, chul, chǒulle, chal(le, (chiefly S) ssul(le, ssule(n, ssolle(n, ssolleth, ssal, ssel, (early) scullen, scullan, sculeð, scule(n, sculan, sculon, scylan, scylon, sceole(n, sceolon, scelen, scæl, sceæl & sul(e, solen, sal(le, sāle, zal, (early) sulle(n, swul(l)en, sulen, suleth, solle(n, solleth, sol & (chiefly late) shun(e, shone, shin(e, shinne, (late) xul(lin, xal(n, xun & (errors) schulien, schlen, scuhlen, shoren, shalt, scha, sculled, sa, seal; p.sg.1 & 3 shold(e, sholte, shuld(e, shǒulde, shelde, shild, shud(e, shid(e, sculde, chold(e, chuld, chǒulde, (S) ssold(e, ssode, (early) sheolde, sc(e)olde & suld(e, sold(e, sud, (N) suuld, sǒuld, sald(e, (early) silde & (chiefly late EM) xold, xuld(e & (errors) schulen, fulde, isceolde, psuld, sclulde; p.sg.2 sholdest, shǒuldest, shuldes(t, suldes(t, xuldist, shudest, shost, shust, (SW) ssost, (S) ssoldest, (early) scoldest, sculdest & shold(e, shuld(e, solde, solt, suld, sǒulde, (late EM) xuld(e & (error) scodeldest; p.sg.sbj. sholden, (early SW) scolden, sculden, seolden; p.pl. shold(e(n, shulden(e, shuld(e, shilde, shoden, shodo, shuden, shid, sculde, choldin, chuld, (S) ssolde(n, (early) scolde(n, scoldan, sculden, sceolde(n, sceoldon, sceoldan, (early SW) swulden & sold(e(n, suld(e(n, (N) sǒuld, (late) xuldin, xuld(e. Contractions: pr.sg.1 ichelle, is (ichshal); sg.2 shaltou, shalstou, saltou(e, sheltou, (early SWM) scaltou, saltu, seltu (shal thou); pl. (early K) sollie (shal ye) & saltai (shal thei); p.sg.2 sholdestou, shuldestou (sholdest thou). See LALME 4.37-43 for additional forms, including: sg.1 & 3 shȝal, sȝal, scel, sa, xa; sg.2 xat, yat; pl. shan, shen, shil(le, shuel, sȝol(le, sȝulle(th, cholleth, chun; p.sg.1 & 3 shod(e, shoud, sȝold(e, ssulde, suolde, xud(e; pl. shelde(n, should(e, sald, soulde, xhuld. |
Etymology | OE *sculan; sg.1 & 3 sc(e)al; sg.2 scealt, scalt; pl. sculon, sceolon, (Nhb.) sci(o)lon; sbj. scyle, sci(e)le, scule; p.sg. sc(e)olde, sc(e)alde; sbj. (Merc.) scylde. Even in early ME quots. no semantic discrimination seems possible between forms deriving from the OE ind. and those deriving from the sbj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To owe (sb. money, a debt, etc.); owe (tribute to sb.), have to pay (a sum to the king or an official); ~ to, owe (tribute) to (the government); also, owe (a duty, fee) for (the customs, weighing); (b) to owe (allegiance, honor, etc. to a governing authority), owe (an obligation to one's neighbor); -- also without obj.; owe (love, etc. to God); fig. owe (penance, a debt of sin to God); (c) in oaths and asseverations: bi the (that) feith i shal to god, bi the treuth that i shal to mahoun, etc., by the faith that I owe to God, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)34/2 : Ælc mon eornestlice ah to ȝeldene sum þing, ant hæfð oðerne mon þe him sceal sum ðing.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)820 : Þar-of þritti þousent pound þov me schalt.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)432 : Ne he ne worþ muche by-grad þere, þat shal oþer dette.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.60 : Euerych cart..comynge in-to towne wiþ samown shal [F doit] to þe kynge of custome þre pans..Also, euerych hundred of laumprons comynge in-to towne shal fyue laumprons to custome to þe bayleues.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.70 : Ȝif þer is eny pryue oþer straunge þat to þe wyȝte shal [F ki le pesage doit], and he hit hele ouer o nyȝt, he is in þe kynges mercy.
- c1400(?c1280) SLeg.OTHist.(LdMisc 622)40 : Of his Salerie wiþholde þou nouȝth þat þou schalt hym with riȝth.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)Rom.13.7 : Ȝelde ȝe to alle men ȝoure dettes: to hym þat ȝe schuleþ trybut, trybut.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)695 : Thens twynne y nat til maad haue y gree Of the leeste ferthyng þat y men shal.
- ?a1450 Mem.Cred.(Tan 201)88/4 : Þulke seruaunt..mette..one of his felawus þat schuld him an hundrid pans.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)206/13 : Þe lord..dide hym to penaunce in strong prisone, al for-to he had y-paid hym al þat he scholde hym.
b
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4130 : Alle þat to rome ssolde seruise to him come.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)101/6 : Yef þou art ariȝt zone..þou him sselt loue, worþssipe, and reuerence.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)115/29 : Lhord..uoryef me þet ich þe ssel.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)145/31-2 : Þise dette ssel ech to oþren and huo mest his yelt, mest he ssel.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)Rom.13.7 : Ȝelde ȝe to alle men ȝoure dettes..to hym þat ȝe schuleþ drede, dred; & to hym þat ȝe oweþ worschup, worschup.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)112/7 : He schal to God..so gret amendes þt he haþ no power to paie it.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)114/6 : Forȝeue me my dettes, þat is my synnes..forȝeue me þat I schal.
c
- c1300 SLeg.Kath.(LdMisc 108)203 : Bi þe treuþe þat i schal to Mahon, heo ne schullen so non-more!
- ?c1350 Why werre (Peterh 104)p.16 : Be the fayth ic schal to God, If the cors be lene, He walketh abowt the cloystre, [etc.].
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.791 : Troilus..Is..Into my chaumbre come..Unwist of every manere wight..by that feith I shal Priam.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1649 : By that feyth I shal to God and yow, I hadde it nevere half so hote as now.
2.
(a) To be suitable for a particular purpose; of a remedy: be efficacious, effective; ~ for, constitute a suitable exchange for (sth.); (b) ~ to, to pertain to (sth.), be part of; be needed or appropriate for (an occasion); ~ up to, ?be allotted to (sth.); (c) to be entitled to (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)125/29 : Se scucca andswerode, 'Fell sceal for felle.'
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)7/19 : Þis sceal to botan þan sare: Do þane mann innan to ana huse, [etc.].
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)15/8 : Þis sceal wyð eaȝena dymnysse..Þus me hyne sceal læcniȝe: Nim wifes meolce, [etc.].
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)1724 : Sir noe..hew þe timbre þat sulde þerto.
b
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)1/2 : [Midd]en earde Ond alle þeo isceæftan þe him to [s]cu[l]en.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)3058 : Þai hem poruaid alle among Swiþe redi alle þing Þat schuld to þat coroning.
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)225 : He wole aske half a pound to bien spicerie; The viij shillinges sholen [vr. schul] up to the win and the ale.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)222/24 : He þet acseþ þet he ssel, he deþ wel and ariȝt.
3a.
As modal auxiliary expressing what is appropriate, reasonable, right, prudent, etc.: should (do sth., be so, etc.): (a) present form; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) past form with present meaning; (d) past form with present meaning with implied inf.; (e) past form with past meaning; (f) past form with past meaning with implied inf.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)3/13 : Mann sceal þurh his modes snoternysse hine sylfne geglengen to wisre lare.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)6/35 : Leorne manige bech..wyte þeh hwylcen þu gelefen scule.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.VA (Vsp D.14)13/19 : Se hlaford sceal beon liðe þan goden & egefull þan dysigen..& þa dysige scylen ondræden hine symle.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)95 : Forðon þe halia gast þe þet tecð riht-wissnesse and bilehwitnesse scule beon isceawed eiðer ȝe on fure, ȝe on culfren.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)34/237 : Ne þenche ȝe neauer hweat ne hu ȝe schulen seggen, for ich chulle ȝeouen ow ba tunge ant tale.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)43/26 : Hwa se cheoweð spice, ha schal tunen hire muð.
- a1300(c1250) Floris (Vit D.3)424 : Are we hem to deþe [vr. diþe awreke] We schullen [vr. scholle] iheren þe [vr. þe children speke].
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3357 : Louered..quat sal ic don?
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)23 : Wher-to shal þis ymad beo?
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)14/382 : A prince of godes ost Schel do þe confermynge, Nonn loȝer.
- 1381 Dc.257 Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)62.3/1 : Cranys & herons schulle be enarmud wyþ lardons of swyne & rostyd.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.818 : What shal [vr. schol] we doon? what shal we to hym seye?
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1660-1 : It makth a king also to lerne Hou he his bodi schal governe, Hou he schal wake, [etc.].
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)20538 : Inogh þai did me vilete, þat wid right min aune sul be.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.46 : Þese ben þe olde vsages of þe Cite..þat haueþ be y-vsed in þe tyme of oure elderne; beth and sholle [F deuent] be to þe fraunchyse sauy and susteyney.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.301 : Ovide..hath closyd Falshede with trouthe, þat makeþ men ennosed To whiche parte þat þei schal hem holde.
- (c1434) Drury Wks.(CmbAdd 2830)81/105 : Wyth what case xal þe superlatif degre be construid with because of his degre?
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)44.430 : Of this Mater how scholen we don?
- ?c1450(a1388) Wallingford Exafrenon (Dgb 67)183 : The philosophirs founde a crafte to departe all the firmament in 12 partes..called howses; and thai began at the ascendent..And so be the gree ascendent thu salt mesure all that other 12 howses.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)23/13 : And he be of hoot complexioun, he shalle vse hoot metis temperatly.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.1611 : Now thu knowyst how he shalle be seruyd, but what mete he shall be fed with I shall tell the.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.34 : Þer bene bestes þat schyne be rost.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.35 : On alle þese fowles þo legges schune bene, Summe cralled, sum streȝt.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)146 : Be þe neyther parte of reson he [soul] knowyt dyscretly All erthely thyngys how þey xall be vsyde.
- a1500 Ld.Cook.Recipes (LdMisc 553)114 : Haddoke..Shal be..ysode & yrosted on a gridel.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)2368 : Hit you behouith rewarde..ho shall..rule this contre.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.43 : Quhat sall I think, allace! quhat reverence Sall I minster to your excellence?
b
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.303 : Tel me whider I shal and to what man.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)133/20 : Schal I so?
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)121 : Þe Good Aungyl seyth nay, þe spyryt schal to blys.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9355 : Ȝif þu luuest Ygærne, þu sculdest [Otho: solt]..senden hire sone of seoluere and of golde.
- a1300(c1250) Floris (Vit D.3)83 : In one daye ibore we were, Mid riȝte we scholden deie ifere.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)12407 : Ech man mot wende woder his louerd hoteþ; ne sold no man deame herendrake to deaþe.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1114 : Þou art a cursed þing..Þou schust wiþ riȝt ben yslawe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)69/17 : Þet him ssolde by triacle..went in to uenym.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3685 : Whi make ȝe þis sorwe? ȝe schuld now make ȝow merie.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2226 : Whil that iren is hoot, men sholde smyte.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.329 : Keep wel thy tonge..thy tonge sholdestow restreyne At alle tymes.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)108 : If þei [hounds] drawe fer from hym rebelly he shuld say to hem in þat caas as whan he sekeþ for þe hare.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.251 : The fall of pryncis he dede..compleyne..Whom al this land sholde off riht preferre.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)24/14 : Synful man..ryseþ aȝeyns oure Lord &..ȝyueþ hym þat name þat proprely schulde be to a fole.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4672 : Gaynyd hem no mercy to crye; What scholde dogges doo but dye?
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)5/30 : Of euery wel disposid man my bokis schulden þe more fauorabili be receyued.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)176/16 : That a man shulde do soo, Valere sheweth that it is reason.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)216/20 : Dyuers maneris of Pepill of consaillours, knyghtes, constables..and otheris that shall kynges and Emperouris Serwe, shuldyne haue certayne condicions whych bene aforsayde.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes in EETSSS 8151.12/36 : Þi gynger sud be cote leke a dyce in smale peses.
- 1532(?a1400) RRose (Thynne)3684 : A man shulde nat to moche assaye To chafe hys frende out of measure.
d
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)167/10 : Þe feorðe is secnesse: þet he ne mei..speoken as he schulde.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2241 : Þou hatz tymed þi trauayl as truee mon schulde.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.4.125 : 'Schal nat men demen hym more unsely thanne thilke wrecche of which the unselynesse is relevid by the participacioun of som good?' 'Why sholde he nat?' quod I.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)35b/a : A blynde man ȝif he hewe a tree erreþ ofte tymes, takynge eiþer more oþer lesse þen he schulde.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)101 : I kan noȝt knaw at þou carpis as a knyȝt suld.
- (1462) Paston (EETS)1.283 : Her brother and other of her frendes thynke that she schulde vp to London.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)187/27 : Who-so laghyth when he sholde not, he Is holde dyshoneste.
e
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1066 : Þe land folc wendon þet he sceolde cyng wurðen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1873 : Heora sunen..þa weren hire [Cordelia] beteren, of þan aldre sustren..þa æðelen sulden habben.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)83/13 : Ic habbe ofearned þat ðu scoldest me forwurpen.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)472 : Þu ne schuldest nouht þi wryt habben iwryte so.
- a1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)16/282 : He nuste whet he shulde do.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1323 : Merlin..seyd he seiȝe wepe þat schuld sing.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)223 : He ne wist..whiderward he schuld seche to se of hem more.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)1137 : Ilk a man sayd on his wyse What þai suld with þe syluer do.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)61 : When þay knewen his cal þat þider com schulde, Alle excused hem by þe skyly he scape by moȝt.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)153 : Euer me þoȝt I schulde not wonde For wo þer welez so wynne wore.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)1463 : Þou suld enquere and spir first if he war worthi.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4661 : He seide I shulde be Glad to haue sich lord as he.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.432 : It was riht weel sittyng, That I shulde..This book translate.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)618 : Þan sembled his syb men..To consaile of þis kyng son how þai him call suld.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)16520 : Worthy lordes þat were hyr leyfe suld make sych message, so sho ment.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)96b : Ihesus answerd..yif he hade no power he shoulde [vr. schodo] not speke, euerych haþe power to speke good oþer yuel.
- c1475(a1400) Brut-1333 (Dc 323)2/15 : Tho kynges..warnyd hem..þat þei scholde Amende hir lithir condicions.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)19/38 : To the wille and askyng of so grete a lord neyther he shuld ne durst not gayn seye.
f
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1740 : Heo me leouede swa feire swa monnes fader scolde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1103 : Þemperour..ȝaf hem hors & armes as an hend lord schold.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.216 : What wight that it withseyde It was for nought; it moste ben and sholde.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)736 : Qwen all was schyppede that scholde, they schounte no lengere.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3998 : Porrus, as a prince suld, persayued þar latis, Turnes him toward his tulkis & titely rehetis.
- ?a1500(?1458) Off alle Werkys (Inscr)p.42 : He dyd as he scholde.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)2/42 : Ne had thys god relesed hym..Off hys mete and drinke, þer shold he had discharge.
3b.
As modal auxiliary expressing duty, responsibility, or secular obligation: ought (to do sth.), should (do sth., be of a certain nature, etc.): (a) present form; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) past form with present meaning; (d) past form with present meaning with implied inf.; (e) past form with past meaning.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.VA (Vsp D.14)13/16 : Se hlaford sceal beon liðe þan goden & egefull þan dysigen.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)30/30 : Aȝeld nu swiðe raðæ þæt þæt ðu me ȝeldæn scealt.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.9.28 : Who is þis Abymalech..whi þanne schul wee seruyn to hym?
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1358 : What shal I paye? telleth me.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.313 : Þe chartre..& þe purale þei for do my croune, if þei granted be, þe whilk ȝe salle & ouh to maynten with me.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)25/113 : Princes..þai sall Maintene him both night and day.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)435 : Gromes palettis shyn fyle.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)507 : Þen ȝomon of chambur shynne voyde..The torches.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)590 : Grayuis and baylys and parker Schone come to acountes euery ȝere.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)68 : What siluer shall he pay the?
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)66 : What schal y do wyth Jhesu that ys called Cryst?
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2649 : We wulled..wurdien heom in leoden al swa mon lauerd scal.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)45/375 : Scheome ow is to..schunien þet ȝe schlen to [Bod: schule to; Tit: schulen to].
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4092 : Suete wole ek my deþ be ȝif ich im auonge..anhansy vre king as we ssolle.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3807 : Doþ ȝour dede to-day as douȝti men schulle.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1454 : Ech of hem sholde helpen oother In meschief, as a suster shal the brother.
c
- (1155) Chart.Hen.II in Hall EME (Hrl Charter 3.B.49)12 : Ic hebbe heom geunnon þet hi beon ælc þare lande wurþa þe hi eafdon en Edwardes kinges deȝe..infangenesthiafes & fleamene frimtha ofer heore agene men..swa ful & swa ford swa mine agene Wicneres hit sechan scolden.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4234 : I crye out on the mynystres..That sholden kepe and reulen this citee.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.26 : Do it nouȝt out of resoun Þat þou worþe þe wers whanne þou werche shuldist.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4028 : Dogged and fell thou shuldist be.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)57/12 : On þe same wise, solde ilke a kyng be of perfite witt & mynde.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)39 : Who dare weel say that lordeshype shulde take kepe..to kepe aboute the see?
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)73/10 : Making and ordeyning, wiþ consent of þe peple which schulden hem kepe, lawis..resonable, holsum.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)80/11 : Twelfly is that he be stronge and perseuerant in purpose in þis, þat hym semeth that he shold do.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)738 : Ful wrooþ now ben þi meyne, Alle þat shulde þe leuest be.
d
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4250 : He mot be more magnefied..Than scholde an other low persone.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)74/71 : Sche is so gracyous..so mylde, So xulde childyr to fadyr and modyr.
e
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)27/18 : On moregan wearð mycel styrung betwux þan cæmpen þe hine healden scoldan.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)1.46 : Þe peple him [Christ] a-posede..Ȝif heo schulden worschupe þer-with Cesar heore kyng.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)248 : Al..let hym þat al schulde loute Cast vnto þat wyȝe.
3c.
As modal auxiliary expressing moral or spiritual obligation or compliance with religious belief or practice: ought (to do sth.), should (do sth., be of a certain nature, etc.): (a) present form; ~ for to heren; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) present form in past context; (d) past form with present meaning; (e) past form with present meaning with implied inf.; (f) past form with past meaning; (g) past form with past meaning with implied inf.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)10/18 : Sunendæig is on gescapennysse formest & we sculon eac hine æfre wurðigen.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)70/23 : We soðlice þe þæs heofonlicen eðles gefean eallunga oncneowen, sculan anmodlice to þan onettan.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)145/22 : For þi ne sceole we na biddan þæt God ure ne afandige.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)21/24 : Moyses cwæðe to his folca, 'God awecð eow mycelne wytega..& þone ge scylan geheren on eallen þingan.'
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)12/13 : Nu sceole we ihyræn þæt haliȝ godspel mid onbryrdnysse.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)32/28 : Hu ofte sceal ic forȝifæn?
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.73 : Witt shulenn tredenn unnderrfot..dom off all þatt laþe flocc Þatt iss þurrh niþ forrblendedd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9289 : Whatt shule we nu forrþwarrd don?
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)99 : Þe helende ableu his gast on his apostlas for ðere itacnunge þet heo and alle cristen men scullan lufian heore nehstan.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)5 : Þet tacnet þet we sulen habben ure heorte and habben godne ileafe to ure drihten.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)9 : Tegenes ure emcristene we sulle laden ure lif edmodeliche on two wise.
- c1225 Sanctus beda (Wor F.174)23 : Þis beoþ godes word to worlde asende þat we sceolen fæier feþ [read: feþ festen to him].
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)72/16 : Hem he [Alfred] gon lerin..Whu we [read: ȝe] ȝure lif lede sulin.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)381 : Þis prechours..þe ffolk shulle preche Of þe nywe lawe and of þe olde.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)215/25 : Lhordes and..lheuedyes..ssollen þer ham moche mildi to god.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)220/16 : Me ssel þe children chasti and wel teche.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)234/18 : In zuych stat me sse loki þe ten hestes.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)94/526 : Slauthe..is ane hertly anger..Of any gastely gode that we sal do.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.525 : He shal preye for his enemy.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)821 : Þat day þou owyst and shal For to here þy seruyse al.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)11.243 : Godis word witnessiþ we shuln ȝiue & dele Oure enemys.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)121/13 : Wher þan..schal I be?
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)33/30 : Iob..Þi dedes prechen alle men how þei schul be pacient.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)50 : We schullen haue in mynde that this day is borne the kyng of blis.
- a1450 *Aelred Inst.(2) (Bod 423)60 : That a Recluse shal fle couetise and besynesse of getyng of worldly godes.
- a1475(a1400) Lystyn man & (Hrl 3954)8 : Ye sacramentys vij..ben vsyd in holy chyrche Yat we xun [vr. xuldyn] yer after werche.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.27.17a : So schlat [read: schalt] þou putten awey al þe heuinesse.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)30/29 : I ffalle on-to ȝour kne to knowe how we xul rewlyd be.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.177 : Sent Powyl seith þat be þe lawe of God þey þat seruyn þe auter schul lyuyn be þe auter.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)54/8 : Þu feier bimong wummen; ȝe, nu, her; do þer to þet schalt & tu wel wulle elles hwer beo feier..bimong engles.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)214/24 : Huo þet wyle þanne loki þe festes ase he ssel, [etc.].
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.203 : For-þi loue we as leue bretheren shal.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)19/4 : God..seiþ þat we noȝt ouergelous be ouer oure owne fleisch; And why þat we ne schulen he seiþ sone anoon.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)26/24 : Crist..swutelode þæt we sceolen arwurðiæn þa eadmoden.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)82 : He tauȝt and schewed vs in what manere this vertue of mekenes schal be gotyn.
d
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)84/27 : Todæȝ..men sceoldon underfon Cristes lichame on þam halȝæ husle.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)19 : We hine [Christ] sculde luuian..for ure aȝene neode.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)23 : Þu scodeldest heo biwiten al swa clenliche swa crist ha þe bitahte on þas fulhtes beðe.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)138/19 : Hwen þu hauest longe iwaket & schuldest [Tit: schuldes] gan to slepen..he [devil] seið..'Sei ȝet a Nocturne.'
- a1250(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Tit D.18)54/693 : Nul tu þenne nawt þet tu schuldes heien heane na mare.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1427 : Þanne were holi churche i-schend þat lauedi scholde be.
- a1350 Suete ihu king (Hrl 2253)19 : Me shulden ofte þe grete wiþ salte teres.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)6/8 : Hi ssolden him [God] serui and þonki.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.35 : Þat þai weren ful of eiȝen wiþinne & wiþouten bitokneþ..þat we shulden [vr. schilde] ben besy forto don wel..bifore god..bifore þe folk.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.989 : Right as he hath humylitee to god in his herte, right so sholde he humble his body outward to the preest.
- a1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)21 : Þou shulde [vr. soulde] gode tent take, Þat þou at þo messe no ianglyng make.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)714 : Grete loue..þys wurde shewyþ þe, Þat þou shust pray for hem þat þy foos be.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)7.125 : We shulde nouȝt be to bisy aboute þe worldes blisse.
- c1400 *Aelred Inst.(1) (Vrn)536 : Þu schost greue no man.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)151/26,27 vrr. : A soule schulde neuere be ydil from praier, but eiþir actualy or mentaly schulen [vrr. schulde, schold] praie.
- c1425 Castle Love(2) (Eg 927)80 : Mammentrie is to do creature that honour That thou suld do all onely to thi creatour.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)34 : We schulden be meke and not proude.
- a1450 Diseases Women(2) (Sln 2463)74 : No man shuld dispise oþer for þe disese þat God sendith hym.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)127/13 : Þou shudest not fardere entermett þe þan holychurche techeþ þe.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)106/18 : Ye sholde gyff mercy unto them that aske mercy.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)5 : The..begynner of owr fyrst creacyon..Owr obsequyouse seruyce to hym xulde be aplyede.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)90 : The mylk-whiht steede..Tokne that knyhthod..shuld entende Holi chirche..to deffende.
e
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)60 : Vfel we doð al to muchel and god lesse þenne we sculden.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)15/114 : He..hersumeð seheliche schaftes..& leomen buten liue, as he schulde..godd.
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)110/351 : Idilscipe & orgul-prude..lerit ȝung wif..to þenchen don þat he ne scolde.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)20/19 : Þou hest litel ybore worþssipe and reuerence to ham þet þou ssoldest.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)7.13 : Bisshopes yblessed, ȝif þei ben as þei shulden..Aren peres with þe apostles.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.269 : Ȝif þis epistle of Poule were fulli executid as it shulde, [etc.].
- a1450 PPl.B (Cmb Dd.1.17)6.49 : [Ld: Wel may..he worth worthier sette and with more blisse] Þan þow, bot þou do bette And lyue as þow shulde.
- a1500 Orch.Syon (Mrg M 162)311/29 : Þei haue no sorowȝ for þe synne or offence þat is don to me bi þat synne, as þei schold.
f
- 1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1131 : Þa muneces..diden him ealle hersumnesse, swa swa hi scolden don here abbot.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)112/10 : Ærest he scolde heora dædbote afandigen & syððen heora sylene underfon.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)26/2 : He sceolde ilyfen þæt þe leofæ Hælend mihte his sune hælen.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)526 : Illc an hird wel wisste inoh, Wheþþr itt to serrfenn shollde Prest senndenn i þe firrste lott, [etc.].
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)265 : Þer inne boð..þa þe untrownesse duden þon þe ho sculden bon holde.
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)62 : Wi nauedis þe biþout..Of him þat sop us hal of nout wat tu suldes im yelden?
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1326 : Ysaac was leid ðat auter on, So men sulden holocaust don.
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)123/1014 : In þe toþer book schal be write þat we schulde haue do.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)55/26 : Wee..þoughten þat wee scholden don as moche..reuerence þereto as ony of the mysbeleeuynge men.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)20/8 : When he sulde rise vnto matyns, he was euer stryken into a grete ferdnes.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)36/5 : I wrot to þe a pistell of religious exortacioun how þou shuldist grow in religioun vertuously as a gostly tre.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)8/25 : Saynt Andraw..aȝeynstode hym, preuyng..þat he and all oþer men schullden worschyp God.
g
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)114/18 : Þa synfulle men..wæron unþongfulre þonne heo sceoldon.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)5/16 : Ne ðese wereȝede heaued-senne ic næure ne hatede ne ne scunede swa swa ic scolde.
- a1300 PMor.(Jes-O 29)263 : Þar-inne beoþ þeo þat..duden þat heo ne scholden.
4a.
As modal auxiliary expressing an order, a commandment, direction, etc.: must (do sth., be sb., etc.), will: (a) present form; ~ mouen; (b) present form in dependent clause; (c) present form with implied inf.; (d) present form with past meaning; (e) past form with present meaning; (f) past form with past meaning; also with implied inf. [quots.: a1150, 2nd, 3rd]; sholde mouen; sholde to lernen.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)35/13 : Ne scule we tellen gyf we hwæt lytles to gode doð.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)181/21 : Þisse [w]yrte wyrtru[m]e man seal nime onb[u]ten [m]idde su[mer].
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)65/2 : Þeos wyrt..þu scelt on sumere nime.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)34/28 : Constantinus..ðu mid godes bletsungæ eft onettan scealt to ðare halȝan ceastre constantinopolim.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)157 : Tu shallt nemmnenn himm Johan.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)11 : Hine ȝe scule wurþian and hersumen and luuian mid al euwer heorte.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)81 : Meidan Maregrete, my leuemon þou scal [vr. chalt] bee.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)236 : Bote ho turne hi[re] mod, to deþe ye sculen ir brenne.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)440 : Ȝe ssule make me siker þat ilke child me bringe.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)376 : Iesu..þen seid..to hem [Peter, John, and James]..'Here yȝe sschullin abide me, Ne slepeth notht.'
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)5/20 : Þou ne sselt habbe uele godes.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1436 : To Egremoygne-ward scheltou fare.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.11.2 : Eyr in þe hous of oure fadyr þou schalt not mown ben, for of auoutresse modyr þou art born.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1391 : To Atthenes shaltow [vr. schat þow] wende.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.67 : Theyse arne the ordinaunces of the Gylde of Seynt Katerine..that..euery feste of the seyde maydyn, alle the bretheryn schun comyn, and offeryn at the heye messe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.328 : By this prouerbe thow shalt vnderstonde, Haue thow ynogh.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)960 : Þe angell..bad Iosep take mary doun; No ferer sul he hir led.
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)121/373 : Mi bodi ȝe schal kepe so That þer-to come nouȝt my fo.
- a1425 NPass.(Cmb Gg.5.31)37/338 : Ȝhe sall noght do so..It ne fallys noght vntyll me Swylke seruys to take of þe.
- 1425(a1400) Spec.Chr.(1) (Lnsd 344)19/14 : Thi god his name in vanite Þu schalt nat take.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)30/33 : Þou schalt vndirstonde þat þe rewme of God is vndirstonden on þre maneres.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)95/131 : Þou schalte schaue þe heere a-boute þe holes.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)159/248 : Thow xalt honour þe trynite, iij personys in oon gode free.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)203/6 : Ȝe chull come þat day to holy chyrch, forto worschip God and þis holy woman.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.128 : Thou sall wele knawe and witt, Thou may thy hert ground on suich a wis, [etc.].
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)102/16 : Hit is iwriten þet mon ne sceal..his Drihten God fondiæn.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)87/31 : Ðis forbet godd, þat we houhfull ne care-full ne scule bien.
- a1275 Say me viit (Trin-C B.14.39)2 : Teche me wou i sule don þat min hosebonde me louien wolde.
- ?a1300 Fox & W.(Dgb 86)229 : Sei me wat I shal do.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.588 : God seith thow shalt nat take the name of thy lord god in veyn.
- (1417-18) EEWills39/23 : I will þat..all the Ostelmentes schele be sold.
- (1439) LRed Bk.Bristol2.153 : It is ordeyned..that no maner persone fro that tyme foreward schal not polle nor schave no maner persone..withynne the franchesies of Bristowe.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)244/92 : If þou se sothly þat þi sone sill..þus sakles be slayne, Be it worthly wroght.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.10.6b : Seint Iohn biddith vs we shulle nouȝt lefen euery spirit.
- (1476) Will York in Sur.Soc.45223 : I will that myn executores shall fynd a..preste for to..pray for me a hole yere.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.114 : Holy cherche hatȝ ordeynyd þat men shullyn..wurshepyn God..into þe est.
c
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)356 : Ȝond is þe land, And here schaltow to bare.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)51/2 : Þe wombe zayþ, 'þo ne sselt, ich am to uol.'
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.750 : By god, thow shalt nat so.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2400 : Ȝe schal in þis nwe ȝer aȝayn to my wonez.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)93a/b : To [read: Þou] schalt to þe wounde one tyme vnguentum viride.
- c1450 NPass.(Cmb Ii.4.9)36/338 : Þou xalt noughte..It be fallyth noughte to me for to be wasschen of the.
- a1500(a1400) Cleges (Adv 19.1.11)233 : To-morovn..Ye schill to Cardyffe to þe kynge And yeve hym to present.
d
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)55/6 : Paulus..bebead þæt we sceolen gearcigen urne lichame liflice ofrunga þe wið heafodlehtres byð gescyld.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)13 : Drihten..lerde þet uwilc mon scal beoden oðre alswa he wile þet me him beode.
- (1455) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1287 : Hyt was ordeynyt that no maner of man..scholl lad no corne..to Wykelowe.
e
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3753 : Nabugodonosor was god..Noon oother god sholde adoured be.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.796 : The kyng comaundeth his constable anon..That he ne sholde suffren..Custance in with his regne for tabyde Thre dayes.
- (1425) Paston (EETS)1.2 : Þo grete stones..shuld be sawed so þat euery pece sawed shuld holde þe seid lengthe of iij foote.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)103 : It is ordeyned that..they shulden laden in pleyn market.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)11/13 : No maner of carnel loue shuld be amonges yow.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)48/154 : Godys byddyng..is Þat I of ȝow my deth schulde take.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)55/113 : In goddys hous ȝe xulde be-dene honoure ȝour god.
- a1500 Let.in Spec.56 (Harv Law Lib 43)580 : Every chyld by þe maundement of almyghty god shulde and owte do reuerence & worschype to his..fadyr & moder.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)54 : We haue yn oure lawe that we schuld not swere.
f
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.675 : Ða heot seo kining þone ærcebiscop Theodorus þet he scolde setton ealle ge witene mot æt..Heat felde.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)28/32 : Him com to Godes hæs, þæt heo scoldan fram þære manfulle stowe faren, ær þan þe seo wraca come.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)89/15 : Heo þa befrinen þone casere, hwæt heo scolden.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)120/34 : God þa gearcode ænne hwæl, & he..abær hine to þan lande, þe he to scolde.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)24/2 : He het þa þæt me hine beheafdigen scolde.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)106/9 : Hit wæs iboden..on þare ealde æ þæt ylc mon sceolde..þone teoðe dæl his weorldæhtæ Gode syllen.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8145 : He..badd tatt mann himm sollde anan Wiþþ swerdess egge cwellenn.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)87 : God het..þet heo sculden offrien..an lomb of ane ȝeres.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)9 : Þet wes þa laȝe: þa ilke wrake þe ic dude þe þu scoldest don me.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2129 : Heo makeden ane sæt-nesse..alken farinde mon, ȝef..he æt-sturte in-to are burie þat heo weren iborȝen, þenne..heo swulden [read: schulden] habben are.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4541 : Þe king..bað [read: bad] hine comen him to þat he nan oðer seolden don.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)311 : Þe king..bad swiþe feire reden þat he hit ssolde.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2256 : Iosep..bad his stiward gerken is meten, He seide he sulden wið him alle eten.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)190/8 : He him het þet he his ssolde yeue to þe poure.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2602 : Here..werwolf..tauȝt hem þe weies whider þei wende scholde.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)100 : Crist..bad þat þai suld smertly ga To þe cete.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.844 : God..comanded that thow sholdest nat coueite thy neighebores wyf.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)40 : Þe Kyng..þouȝt..þat her loue wolde noȝt swage..When Florys shuld wyfe after þe lawe.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.77 : In þe olde lawe weren þei wont to offre a lombe..þe whiche shulde be of o ȝere.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)151/24 : Þan was sche chargyd be hir confessowr þat sche xulde not comyn þer he prechyd.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)440 : Crist..wolde..that..louȝer heedis vndir nethe Petir or his successour schuden be in the chirche in erthe.
- c1450 Gt.Chron.(Gldh 3313)35 : Ther was sente oute a maundement from the Emperour..that every man shuld mowe usen what lawe and byleve that he wold, [etc.].
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.318 : He hat wretyn..that he choulde be indeferent for both partyes.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)2/38 : Of all frutys þei myth þer take, Saff frute of cunnyng þei xulde for-sake.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)502 : Kingis in Auncien dayes Ordeyned..That the vij science to lerne..Shuld noon but only a noble man.
- a1500 SLeg.Pass.(Vsp A.3)962/3 : Þen was þe laȝe: if ani man At paschez to ded wore broght, Hit schold be take doun away.
4b.
As hortative auxiliary expressing advice, counsel, suggestion, etc.: should (do sth., etc.): (a) present form; we shullen, let us (do sth.); (b) past form with present meaning; (c) past form with past meaning.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)95/25 : Gyf we nu wilnieð þæt ure sawlen syn geclænsode fram synne fulnysse, þonne ne scule we na wiðsacan, þæt we mildheortnysse ne habben ofer þa mæn, þe us nu abelgeð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)499 : Fare we from þisse londe..Al heora god we sculen nimen.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1775 : Frend sule wit ben, And trewðe wligt [read: pligt] nu unc bi-twen.
- c1350 A child is boren (Bod 26)1,2 : Honnd by honnd we schulle ous take, & ioye..schulle we make.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.351 : We shul first feyne vs cristendom to take.
- a1425 Shrewsbury Frag.(Shrw 6)2/31 : For solace schal we syng To seke oure Saueour.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)346 : Cum on wyth me..Þou and I to þe Werd schul goon.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)357/58 : We shal brenne here body..here.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)827 : Whe schall cast it [gold] abrod amonge al the rowte.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)138/9 : He sput to a þing þet þuncheð god, 'þu schuldest..beo mildre & leoten iwurðe þi chast.'
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)272 : We schulde not ne ouȝte not to take þe vss of eny sensual delectabil þing at eny tyme.
c
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)798 : Þer com to Floriz writ & sonde þat..his fader was ded And þat he scholde nimen his red.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)836 : Al þe barnage ȝaf him red þat he scholde wenden hom.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)8/31 : Hir kepars cownseld hym he xulde delyuyr hir no keys.
5a.
As modal auxiliary expressing certainty, belief, assertion, intention, determination, assurance, etc.: will (do sth., be so disposed, etc.), shall: (a) present form; ~ mouen; ~ to flen; (b) present form, expressing divine intention, assurance; also in questions by or to God; ~ connen; (c) present form with implied inf.; ~ mouen; (d) present form with past meaning; (e) past form with present meaning; also with implied inf. [quots.: c1250, c1450]; (f) past form with past meaning; sholde mouen; sholde to ben; (g) past form with past meaning with implied inf.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)23/31 : Sanctus Jacobus heom andswerede, 'Eale ge leofe gebroðre, ne scule ge nateshwan eow forðæncen.'
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)135/17 : Þeah þar beon wurmas acenned, hi þur þis sceolon beon awealde.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)28/12 : Þu sceald þone eadiȝ wuldorbeah underfon.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5286 : Tanne shallt tu muȝhenn sen O whillkess kinness wise Þa sellf birrþ lufenn oþre menn To follȝhenn Cristess bisne.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2671 : Her-mid we sculled [read: sculleð; Otho: solle]; heom bi-charren & seodðen heom amarren.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2696 : We þe aȝeueð Rome..We swullen [Otho: sollen] þine men bi-comen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5733 : Herfore þu scælt habben wurhscipe muchele.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.Creed (Trin-C B.14.52)23 : Ich leue þat mankin shal a domesdai risen of deaðe.
- c1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)14/124 : Hit salch [Bod: schal] sutelin sone.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)93/16 : Na gastelich cunfort ne mei hire..makien to understonden þet ha mahen & schulen þurh ham [temptations] þe betere beon iborhen.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)43 : Ful wel ic scal ir cloþen, wid ciclatoun ant pelle.
- ?a1300 *Body & S.(4) (Dgb 86)36 : Wormes shulen eten mi þrote..Min howen fles hoe shelen [alt. from: scelen] eten.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)56 : Ich wene mid iwisse, ȝut we hit ssulen ise.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)208 : Ich wole þe make richest man..Þou ssalt habbe þi wil of fer & of gris.
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)6/101 : Þou art fayr and..strong..Þou scald more wexe.
- c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch)p.640 : Y ne schel reste niȝt ne day, Til ich wite whar he ware.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)189/25 : Þe ilke amanzinge sel by ope alle þo uolke þet ssole by a left-half.
- 1372 In place (Adv 18.7.21)191 : At Domesday we solen vprise And wenden fort, foles and wyse, To Ebron sikerli.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.22.18 : Ȝif Balac ȝeue to me his hous fol of seluer & of gold, y shal not mowe chaunge þe word of my god.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.14 : Þe ordenaunces..weryn be-gunnen in þe Cite of Norwyche..and perpetueli scha [read: schal] ben holden in þe honor of oure lady seynt marye, cristes moder, at þe heye auter in þe ffrere Prechours of Nortwyche.
- c1390 KTars (Vrn)34/32 : I swere..I chul hire winnen in pleyn batayle.
- ?c1400 PPl.Z (Bod 851)7.238 : Tow best yblessed of God ant the bet schat thow spede.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.593 : By myn hed, she shal not goon!
- (1432) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3162 : We scal and wele ratifye and conferme hit..by this our lettyr.
- a1450 SLeg.Suppl.Bod.(Bod 779)350/122 : Ic ne chal of þis contre to flen in none wise.
- a1456 Marmaduke SSecr.(Ashm 59)204/26 : Haue gode affiance þat with þe helpe of God þey shoulle alle be þy subgettes.
- (1463) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)11.509 : The Marchaunts on both Partys shall mowe have Saufconduytes.
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.320 : We challe assaye to lett ther pourp[o]se.
- a1475 Inf.Chr.(Hrl 3954)225 : iii personys & on in mageste, Euermore hereafter he xullyn endure Indepartable alle iii.
- (1478) Paston2.425 : I psal provyd a letter in myn vnkyll name.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)522 : So mote y the, that ne schalt-ou neuer se to for-sake Mahoun.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)22.1 : Lord crist is my kynge..in him i sall be sikere.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)13 : I shell not sey all that I thynke.
- a1500 LRed Bk.Bristol1.140 : I..shalbe good and true to the Kyng.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11557 : Icc shall beon aȝȝ occ aȝȝ wiþþ ȝuw Whil þatt tiss weorelld lassteþþ.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)55/11 : Schalt tu o þis wise folhi geat ȝont te feld?
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1041,1043 : Louerd..hu saltu don..Salt ðu nogt ðe rigt-wise weren?
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)96/32 : Yblissed byeþ þe merciuolle, uor hi ssolle uynde merci.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.12.12,13 : I schall passe þoru all þe londe of Egipte þat nyȝt..& I chall ouer-passe ȝou.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2570 : Þe barns þat o þe sal bred Namar sal þou þam cun rede þan sterns on light and sand in see.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)13326 : Fra þis time forþ saltowe be porter of heyuen & erþ.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)742 : If faurty be fre..Schalt þow schortly al schende?
- c1450(c1400) Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)62/27 : I wille make alle thynge wele, I schalle make alle thynge wele, I maye make alle thynge wele, and I can make alle thynge wele.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.15.9b : Blissed be clene of herte, for þei schulle see god.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)27/146 : All shal be fordone..with floodis that from abone shal fall.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)54/277 : Yee shall nowe growe and multiplye, And yearth agayne to edifye.
c
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)93/9 : Ic habbe ifolȝed his [body's] iwill eaure to longe; swo ne scall ic næure mo eft.
- ?a1300(a1250) Harrow.H.(Dgb 86)243 : Hy sulen alle to heuene blysse.
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)38/674 : Ich schal her [Hrl: er] ich slepe.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)38 : Þe pouere men ȝe mowe euere habbe, me ne shulleþ ȝe nouȝt so.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9182 : Þat he aþ inome wiþ trayson, we ssolle wiþ maistrie.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)559 : Be mi trewþe, he sschal adoun.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)256 : 'Go calle to me..þi fadere'..'I schal, sire,' seide þe child.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.138.6 : Merueilous is maad þi kunnyng of me..& I shal not mown to it.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2323 : Yow loue I best, and shal, and oother noon.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)289 : Al schal doun and be ded.
- (1417) Let.War France in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)69/29 : It [London] hath stonde, yit doth, and euer shal..in..gret pees.
- (1432) Paston (Gairdner)2.37 : The said Erle..hath..desired, and ever shal, to kepe his trouthe..unblemysshed.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)2312 : Als my fader y haue þe loued, And euere more schal.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1572 : Ey, what deuyl, man, wedyr schat? Woldyst drawe now to holynesse?
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2508 : Þou I be a whyle in dystresse, Whanne I deye I schal to blysse.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)105/248 : I haue evyr more kept, and xal, my virginyte.
- a1500(c1370) Chaucer Comp.L.(Benson-Robinson)80 : Bettre loved is noon, ne never shal.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)398 : Þat shal I neuere.
d
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3451 : Ðis israel..him heten euerilc del Ðat hem bideð sulen he don.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)47 : A forward fast þai bond þat ich aman schul ioien his.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)2 Kings 21.2 : The sonys of Yrael hadden sworn to hem that thei shulen not slee hem.
- a1425 PPl.C (Lond-U V.88)13.206 : [Hnt HM 137: Crist seide to hus seyntes þat for hus sake þoleden Pouerte..persecucion of body] Schullen haue more worschipe to wages.
e
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)764 : Oft spet wel alute liste, Þar muche strengþe sholde miste.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)153 : Whuch of ȝow so hete an hulle to ffalle..&..leouede wel þat al þat he sede Sholde by-ffalle, [etc.].
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.689 : No berd hadde he, ne neuere sholde haue.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)641 : I wolde þe bi-hote, þat þou scholdest ben hol.
- a1425(a1400) Ihesu þat hast (Wht)110 : Swilk woundes schuld be my bote.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1989 : Though a man fer wolde seche, He shulde not fynden..No sich answer.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)117/421 : Where-þroȝ þe torte schold al-wei gendre upon þe hors.
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)34 : Thow all tresowre of the worlde were heppid togedir to the possession of the couetous man, he shuld not yette satisffiede.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)2/11 : Þerfore..is maad þis litil..book..forto ȝeue a fore taast..of þe ful feeding..whiche in..'þe reule of cristen religioun' to hem schulde be deliuered.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)342 : The sarsyns schuld abye with grace of god.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)204 : Thes Cristen men..beleue on a cake..And..seye..how þat yt shuld be he þat deyed upon þe rode.
f
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1130 : Þær be het se abbot Heanri him þæt he scolde beieton him þone mynstre of Burch.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 : Þer efter sahtleden þe king & Randolf eorl at Stan ford, & athes suoren..her nouþer sculde be suiken other.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)108/3 : Þe Hæland..cwæð..þæt summe..ne sceolden deaþæs onfon ær þam þe heo seȝen hine sylfen on his rice cumende.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3454 : Alle þreo..settenn hemm bitwenenn Þatt illc an shollde þrinne lac Habbenn wiþþ him o lade.
- ?a1300(a1250) Harrow.H.(Dgb 86)178 : Louerd crist..Þou bihete þat of mire more Sulde a god chil ben Ibore.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)5013 : Bruttes..hehten heom faren awei..for ne solden hii neuere habbe þing þat i ȝornde.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)8642 : He swor..þat hii ne solde habbe on.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3868 : God..seide, ut of ðe smiten ston ynog hem sulde water gon.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)352 : Þai sworen him an oþ Þai schuld him neuer waite loþ.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1933 : No man vpon molde schuld mow deuise men richlier a-raid.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)86 : Him self schelde þer ben is bane, he swor þan by his driȝte.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.430 : Thogh he looked as a wood leoun, Yet sholde he faille of his conclusioun.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)3227 : Apon his kne he did him suere..þat he suuld giue hal talent To fulfille his comandment.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2244 : Þou toke þat þe falled, & I schulde at þis nwe ȝere ȝeply þe quyte.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)154/32 : The bowynge of the hed at þat hour betokened..þat all..scholden euere more after ben obeyssant..to the Emperour And neuere..to ben fals.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)222/27 : He cam to hys modyr..promittyng he xulde ben obedient to God.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)441 : Thogh Argus..rekened with his figures ten..Yet shoulde he fayle to rekene even The wondres me mette in my sweven.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)356/12 : I made promyse unto youre lady that I sholde yelde me to you.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)71/27 : Crist..toke hir the couerchif ayen and chargid hir to kepe it wele, for it shuld do good much folk to hele.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)15/27 : Þay wold offyr hit vp ynto þe tempull þat schulld serue hit day and nyght.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)749/18 : Þou gaffe me þi trowth þat þou schwldest be my wyfe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12240 : Hit was tretid þat tyme þo..kynges bothe Schuld..light on a dome Of Agamynon.
g
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)137/9 : Sum..lefde him, þohte he [devil] schulde [Nero: scheolde] sone adun as he bihat.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)15/367 : He wist wele when he suld oway.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)132/15 : Sho essurid hym at sho suld.
5b.
As modal auxiliary expressing a threat, warning, curse: will (do sth., be in a certain state or condition): (a) present form; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) present form with past meaning; (d) past form with present meaning; (e) past form with past meaning.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)111/7 : Ne sceal he ungedered þæs ecen lifes brucan.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13269 : Abuggen ȝe scullen þa dede.
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)39 : Ful loue saltu fallen for al þine heþe bures.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)5/43 : Þi lond folk we schulle slon.
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)4/50 : Sald þou neuere henne gon.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)759,761 : Iwis ȝe sculle die bo..ȝe ne scholle neuere go no speke.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2754 : Þis day schaltou ben yuele y-dyȝt.
- a1400 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Pep 2498)p.22 : He þreteneþ þat he schal..bynyme hem her godes.
- (1413-19) Doc.in Bk.Lond.E.226/26 : The Officers..th[retnen hem] that thei shull lese her landes.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.171 : This warne I yow..A kynges sone although ye be..Ye shal [vr. shul] namore han sovereignete Of me in love.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)10/2 : & I anes spitte in thi face, þou schale dye.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)21/4 : Ye shall dey othir be presoners.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)154/88,90 : I xal prune þat paphawk..my knyghtys xaln rydyn on rowe Knave chylderyn ffor to qwelle.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)454 : To-day thou schat be honged.
- a1500 Listyns lordingus to (Cmb Ff.5.48)21 : Traytur..in hell shalle þu hyng.
b
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)4/49 : Þi lond folc we wilen slon..And þe we solen sone anon.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1621 : Anhonged be swich oon, were he my brother! And so he shal.
- a1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Antichr.(Pen 399)503/343 : From hym thowe come and shalt to hym.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)29/227 : Thou shal thre [blows] for two, I swere bi godis pyne!
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8643 : Þe King..swor..heo scullen [Otho: sol] ibiden alre baluwenen mæst.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.228 : Aiax Thelamoun..Þratte Vlixes þat he shal be ded.
- (c1451) Paston (EETS)1.37 : He seyd þat..jn þe ende I chall lese my coste.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)166/84 : He..swore..There shall none alyve for thens ryve.
d
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)416 : Of Faraones lond þe king faren ȝe ne ssolde.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)272 : Þauȝ þou bringe..Al þat euere may wepene bere..Certes alle þei sscholden deie.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.643 : This warne I yow, that ye nat..Out of your self for no wo sholde outraye.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)19/3 : Ȝif þou diȝe in dedli synne & þou come of seyntes, hit schulde not helpen þe.
e
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)25/15 : He..let heom fyrst..þæt heo..bugen to his hæðengylde..oððe heora lichamen scolden beon mid mistlicen tyntregan gecwylmede.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2857 : Mid aðen heo hit sworen þer-fore hit sculden iwurðen muchele þa wurse.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1246 : Þou seidest me ȝer-while þou schuldest me do quelle.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.9 : He..manassed þat he schulde deie.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3166 : The cherl..gan..threte..if eft he myght me take, I shulde not from his hondis scape.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12238 : Thelamon..Þat other duly schuld degh for his derf wordis.
6.
As modal auxiliary expressing prophecy, prediction, annunciation, etc.: shall (do sth., be in a certain condition, etc.), will: (a) present form; ~ connen (mouen); (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) present form with past meaning; (d) past form with past meaning; also with implied inf. [quots.: c1430, 1473].
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)19/16 : Ne beo þu afyrht Zacharia..þin wif sceal acænnen sune.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)66/28 : Hit sæigð on halgen bocan þæt æfter gearan ymbryne swa gewurðen scule, þæt eall middeneard mid hæðenra þeode geðrynge by.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/16 : Eala, ðu eadiȝ treow, þæt alles middaneardes hælend on hangiæn sceal.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)211 : Þu shallt ben dumb Till þatt itt shall ben forþedd.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)125 : Þu shalt beo dumb forte þat child beo boren.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1195 : Ich..wod al þat to kumen is..Ich wot hwo schal [Jes-O: sal] beon & honge [read: anhonge].
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)93 : On me scal bitraye þat nv is vre yuere.
- ?a1300 Fiftene toknen (Dgb 86)121 : Þat ellefþe day comeþ þonres liȝt Mid stormes..and windes fliȝt And suleþ hem togedere fle.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2132 : Al ðat ðise first vii [years] maken Sulen ðis oðere vii rospen & raken.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)45.10 : Ich am God; y shal be heȝed in folk.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)526,527 : I say to þe þat or þe Cok haue crawen thryse, Sall it worth..þat my name sall þou deny.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 1.20 : Thou schalt not mowe speke til in to the day in which thes thingis schulen be don.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3517 : I haue yfounde in myn astrologye..That now a Monday next..Shal falle a reyn.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9290 : Wel sal he cun knau quilk es quilk.
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)7205 : Hi..sorewes gonne me telle Þat after mi day to englond hidere come schelle.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.118-19 : I have ek founde it be astronomye..and by augurye..That fire and flaumbe on al the town shal sprede, And thus shal Troie torne to asshen dede.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)9100 : Hure eyres..schullen welde alle þo londes.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)146/4 : A chylde is born..Thurwe hym many ffolke xul be vn-bownde.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)762/6 : Þe Empyre..fro hens forwarde schal be put in mor reste.
- a1500 Ipotis (Ashm 750)16/312 : Þan scha [vr. schal] come into deserte A virgyn schal be borne blyþe, þat al þi poste schal todryve.
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4009 : Ðis folk sal waxen wel..His lif beð bliðe, his ending sal.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7213 : Þe ssephurdes & þe ssep al so ssolleþ [vr. ssulle] to þe pine of helle.
- ?a1425(a1350) SLeg.Edw.(Jul D.9)1039 : Þe schepherdes & þe schep also scholle to þe pine of helle.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)18.252 : This viciown May Signefie That ȝe scholen In-to Anothir Seignorie.
- a1500 When Sonday (Dub 516)9 : The rede rose and the floure-de-lyce, the lockes schal vndur.
c
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)2771 : Kyng Fortager..tolde hem..be merlynes talkyng..How the two dragowns to-gederes scholen fyhte.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)169/6 : Oure Lord..wyst how þat he schul in þe morow suffre deth.
d
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)83/7 : Ic cwæð & forewitegode þæt..þæt folc þe on þeostre sæten, scolden habben mare liht.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)85/19 : Ic sæde on eorðen þæt deade mænn scolden arisen.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1135 : Men..sæden ðæt micel þing sculde cumen her efter.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1822 : Gabriæl Wass sennd till Zakariȝe, To kiþenn himm þatt he Johan Bapptisste shollde streonenn.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)55/17 : Godes sonde...he me sante seggen bi Gabriel..þat ic scolde..bien godes sunes moder.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)11 : Þat child sculde [vr. cholde] cristine ben, it com him wel in þoust.
- a1325 Heil beo þou Marie Mylde (StJ-C S.30)7 : Crist þe aungel sende & seide þat þe holi gost scholde in þi bodi wende.
- 1372 Als i lay vp-on (Adv 18.7.21)35 : He [Gabriel] seyde..Þat i sulde beren mannis blis.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)3/9 : Þe angel..seide þat..sche scholde..beren a son þat schulde hote Jesu.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)920 : His dyvynours tolde..that he sholde..Sleen his fader.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)69 : Thanne tolde he hym, in certeyn yeres space..and al shulde out of mynde That in this world is don of al mankynde.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)40/29,30 : Þan was it reuelyd to þis creatur þat þe good Vykary xuld leuyn sevyn ȝer..& þan he sculd passyn hens.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)87/6 : Þe goddes Thetis..knew yif hir sone hauntid armys þat he schulde [vr. shud] die.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)1796 : Þe prophecye haþ tolde of ȝore..Þat siche a man..schuld dye for mannes gilt.
- (1473) Paston (EETS)1.464 : He seyde..þat the Kyng sholde northwardys.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)61/106 : Ysaie..seyd a mayd xulde bere messye.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)76/24 : His burthe shewed that the child shold be wise.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)311/164 : Ihesus saide..That he shuld ryse vp bodely within the thryde day.
7.
As modal auxiliary expressing fate, destiny, etc.: to be ordained (to do sth.), be destined or doomed: (a) present form; also with past meaning [last quot.]; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) past form with past meaning; also with implied inf. [quot.: a1325(c1250)].
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)4/35 : Ne sech þu na þurh hlotes hwu þe gelimpen scule.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)130/19 : Þeah we us scrydæn mid þam rædeste golde..þeah þe mon sceal ece ende abidæn.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)62/24 : Ha schulden schrapien euche dei þe eorðe up of hare put þet ha schulien rotien in.
- a1250 Mon may longe (Mdst A.13)6 : Al sel valui þe grene.
- a1250 Mon may longe (Mdst A.13)34 : Weirmes mete þu selt [vr. salt] ben.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)428 : Man..Schullen habbe diuers lijf euere ase heore [planets'] vertue is.
- ?c1335 Earth(1) (Hrl 913)2/29 : Of erþ þow were bigun, on erþ þou schalt end.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)101.27 : Alle shul by-gynne at elden [vr. wex elde; L veterascent] as cloþyng.
- 1372 Lullay lullay litel child child (Adv 18.7.21)20 : Þe anguis þat þu suffren salth sal don þe blod to suete.
- a1400 Allas in gret sinne (Hrl 7322)4 : In gret sinne alle beȝete we were..deȝe we ssulin sikerliche.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.966 : God seeth every thyng..And hem disponyth, thorugh his ordinaunce, In hire merites sothly for to be, As they shul comen by predestyne.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)19/5 : We aren taken of þe erþe & into þe erþe schul wende.
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)7 : Though I be bryght of ble..Yet..I shalbe wormes ware.
- a1500 All hyt is (Cmb Ee.1.5)2 : Naked and poure henne we shul fare.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)266 : Pelleus..ertid to an end egurly fast..þet ffortune vnderfonges þat he [Jason] feile shall.
b
- a1250 Yche day (Mdst A.13)3 : Þru tidigge us cumet iche dei..On, We sulle honne, [etc.].
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)156 : Of herþe comen & to herþe we sulen.
- a1300 Wanne i ðenke ðinges ðre (Arun 292)3 : I sal awei..i ne wot wilk dei.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.3030 : In youthe or elles age He moot be deed, the kyng as shal a page.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)13.117 : Hennes shulleþ we alle.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.264 : Fortune..Is ther no grace..Shal thus Creiseyde awey, for that thow wilt?
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)58/1 : A kyng sulde alway vmbythynk hym þat he was made of erthe &..to þe erthe he sall agayne.
c
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)132/17 : Þa word ealle gefyllede beon scolden, þe se halge foresæde beo þan kinge.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)122/8 : Nolde Crist þet ðe halȝe ȝeleafæ þe þam monnum þurh his blod &..ðrowunge isceolde wurðæn [read: sceolde iwurðæn]..ȝeiwoned stode.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)13/142 : Ihesu..alesen moncun þet schulde beon forloren al lette lif o rode.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)175 : He [God] made on werlde al erue tame, Ðe sulde him [Adam] her in swinkes strif To fode and srud to helpen ðe lif.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)2263 : Al þis Ihesus sede ffor to shewe in what deþ he [Peter] scholde deye here.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)223/19 : Þe angel zayde to tobyen þet hise ssolde habbe to wyue, [etc.].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.193 : In..heuene ywriten was With sterres whan that he his birthe took That he for loue sholde han his deth.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1550 : The fate wolde his soule sholde unbodye.
- a1450(?a1390) Mirk Fest.Suppl.(Cld A.2)290/24 : Þer he sagh alle þ[y]ngge þat schulde fallon aftur by hym.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)14/5 : Þer þat such on for his charitable dede shuld receyue of oure lord gret reward in heuen, alle is blowyn away be þe vayne glorious blast of mannys mouth.
- a1500 Qwan crist was borne (StJ-C S.54)13 : iij kyngys..speryd aftyr þe chyld..þat xuld be kyng.
8.
As modal auxiliary expressing necessity, constraint, inevitability, etc.: to be constrained or compelled (to do sth.), have; must (do sth., be sth., etc.): (a) present form; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) present form with past meaning; (d) past form with present meaning; sholde to ben; (e) past form with past meaning; sholde to prechen; (f) past form with past meaning with implied inf.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)4/17 : Hwat sceal hit þe eft gehaten bute hit wære ær alogen?
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)4/21 : Þær þær þu nede eorsigen scule, gemetega þæt þeh.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)100/17 : Monnes lichame sceal bi mete libban, þa hwile þe he on þisse life bið.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)31 : He his uniseli ȝif him is lað to donne þis, forðon þe he scal aȝein ȝeuen awiht.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)3/39 : Nu ham [þun]cheþ al to long þet þu ham neih list, Ær þu beo ibrouht þær þu be[on] scalt.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)530 : Me mai ison at þare node Þan [Jes-O: Hwan] me shal harde wike bode.
- c1275 Þene latemeste dai (Clg A.9)77 : Þi bur is sone ibuld þer þu schald wunien inne.
- a1300 Ancr.(Cai 234/120)45/31 : Nemne þat hit schle beon.
- ?a1300(c1250) Prov.Hend.(Dgb 86)st.17 : Ounder buskes me shal fair weder abide.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.369 : Tweyne þat beeþ i-wedded a man and a womman schal nedes be outlawed out of þat contray.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1061 : Tak of thi wofull womman rowthe And of this child that I schal kepe.
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)119/284 : Hit is so That we schal departe a two.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)138 : Loke þat ȝe be þere betyme..For we schul be onward be vnderne of þe day.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.54.36b : Þou scholt..arise in þi þouȝt agein þis ilke mirknesse bi feruent disir to god.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)435 : Þe pore men of his pariȝs shulen bie his synne bi double weye.
- a1500(1413) ?Hoccl.Poems PS (Eg 615)p.xl/108 : Schalt thu fro me disseuere, That art all hooly myn?
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)35 : Ne beo he nefre swa riche, forð he scal þenne is dei cumeð.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)129 : Ðis neddre, siðen he nede sal, makeð seld of his bodi.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)68/1473 : Nedes he sschal þat nedes mot, Hit nis nowt mi wille.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1714 : Bot nede he mot that nede schal.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.46 : This may liken the, And the right nought, yet al is seid or schal.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)5/30 : Bifore his iȝen he seeþ redily greiþed þe peyne þat he schal to.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)986 : Bi riȝtwise Iugement Þei shullen to peyne and turment.
- a1475 Sidrak & B.in Centaurus 12 (Lnsd 793)219/5356 : Þe exalacioun þat is drye Is ycaste amonge þe clowdes hye From oon to anoþer as a bal, But at þe laste it out shal.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)24/280 : Surely come God us besyde, owt of this place shall wee.
c
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3878 : Ðvrg lond edom ne migten he faren, Ðor-fore he sulen a-buten charen Bi ðe desert.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4315 : The Roses weren..Defenced with the stronge wall..I..now morne shall Bi cause I was withoute the wall.
d
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1270 : The wo, the which that we ben inne..is But for the cause that we sholden twynne.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)214 : A kyng in þis world, havyng a sone or a seruaunt which for his tresoun..ouȝte and schulde to be deed, [etc.].
- (1461) Paston (EETS)1.199 : I pray ȝow delyuer þe mony þat I xwld haue in-to swm priore.
e
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)24/10 : Wæs swa ilytlod heoræ ælces andweald þæt heo unðances sceoldon buȝan þam casere.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.62 : Icc ne mihhte nohht min ferrs Aȝȝ wiþþ Goddspelless wordess Wel fillenn all, & all forrþi Shollde icc wel offte nede Amang Goddspelless wordess don Min word.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2146 : His mon he bicom & hærd-sumnesse him solde don.
- a1250 Ancr.(Tit D.18)52/34 : Semeis stude was in Ie-rusalem þat he schulde in huiden him ȝif he walde libben.
- a1300(c1250) Floris (Vit D.3)382 : He þouhte..Wat he were, hui scholden telle.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)936 : Marke schuld ȝeld vnhold..þre hundred pounde of gold.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1572 : Wahan [read: Whan] time com þat þei twynne scholde, Meliors..hom wente.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)16464 : [I]udas..sau þar was na soygne, bot his lauerd sud dei.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)67 : The childe that they schulde bere and carie was vnnethe two monthes olde.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)223 : He gate to Englond suche a priuilage þat non Englysshemone shulde go more þeder.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)20 : Þeder com al þe men..Tyl þe day was gon..Þat þay schuld rekyn þer scot.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 2250)10223 : Tho thrid cause..may wele be this, þat þai shulde bothe one & moo to preche þo faithe.
f
- 1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1131 : Se eorl & ealle þa heafed menn & þa muneces..flemden se oðer abbot Heanri ut of þa mynstre; hi scolden nedes.
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)132/33 : He wæs sone gehersum þan yfele wife, for þan þe he nede scolde.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2300 : Vnneþe sche it nim wold; Ac þo sche algat schold..sche gan to wepe.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1671 : Hit watz neȝ at þe terme þat he to schulde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)414/25 : He drad his ladyes hede sholde off.
9.
As modal auxiliary expressing consuetudinal or iterative action, action under normal circumstances or resulting from natural inclination, etc.: to be wont (to do sth.), be apt: (a) present form; also with implied inf. [quots.: a1225, a1393]; (b) past form with present meaning; also with implied inf. [quots.: c1230, 2nd & a1300]; ~ for to gronen; (c) past form with past meaning; (d) past form with past meaning with implied inf.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)148/6 : Fenix..sceal drigen Drihtenes wille.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)423 : Full cweme wærenn baþe..& tu shallt findenn swillke nu Bitwenenn uss well fæwe.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)89 : Ðet folc com togenes him [Christ]..and understoden him mid procession, swo me ki[n]g shal.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)49/533 : Godd..ȝef me mihte of heouene..te forte schenden..þet schalt swucche schuken heien & herien.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)16 : Ðe leun, ðanne he lieð to slepen, Sal..neure luken ðe lides of hise egen.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)280 : Euerich ȝer hit is his wone To chesen him a newe wif..þanne scholle men fechche doun..Alle þe maidenes.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)103.23 : Nyȝt ys made..Þe sonne ys rysen..Man shal go forþ..to his wircheing vn-to þe euenynge.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.127 : Þese men..walkeþ in wildernesse and woneþ in tabernacles..Þese men schole somtyme..goo out of wildernesse and occupie the londes.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.132 : Avarice..takth of noght elles kepe Bot forto fille hise bagges large..he..kepth it, as a servant schal.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)203/14 : A colerik man schal haue hasti entendement.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7018 : To folis longeth kyndely..to speke folily..Where a wysman schal heryn & be stylle Til he se tyme.
- c1450(?a1400) Quatref.Love (Add 31042)1 : In a moruenyng of Maye when Medowes sall spryng, [etc.].
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)130 : It mey not be eschewid, but þat the grete lordis off þe lande, by reason off nev dissentes ffallyng vnto ham..also off mariages..shall often tymes growe..to be off livelod and poiar like a kyng.
- a1500(?c1370) ?Chaucer Comp.A.(Benson-Robinson)86 : On seint Valentynes day..every foughel chesen shal his make.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)36/21 : Þe kaue..reaueð hire [hen] hire eairen & fret of þet schulde forð bringe cwike briddes.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)162/22 : Þe mon..haueð..monie deadliche wunden ant schaweð þe leche alle & let healen buten an þet he deieð up on as he schulde on alle.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)123 : He fleð fro him als he fro fir sulde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)934 : He is a-peyred þat perles was to siȝt Of fairnesse and of fasoun þat ani frek schold haue.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)199/14 : A mannes lymes bicomeþ greet oþer þan þei schulde be whanne veynes ben feble.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)171b/a : In what place þer as is solucioun of continute þe whiche groweþ ferþer þen naturel skynne schulde growe, [etc.].
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)9/16 : Idil þouȝtis and foule..fordon þe mede þat we þoruȝ preier schulde wynne.
- (1467) Paston (EETS)1.335 : Thei set not be a woman as thei shuld set be a man.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)735 : The terys xuld trekyll down by my chekys, were not yowr reuerrence.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)93/14 : Man þat is melancholy schulde be naturali colde, couetous, and hevy.
- 1532(?a1400) RRose (Thynne)3669 : Thou shuldest nat warned be for me, But I dare nat, for Chastyte.
c
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)63/691 : Ha stutte i þet stude þer þe fordemde schulden deað drehen.
- a1275 Stod ho (Tan 169*)17 : In his dead þe wo þu ȝulde in childing þat tu þole schulde þurd modres kuindeliche lahes.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1641 : At set time he sulden samen Ðor hem-self, & here orf framen.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.14.6 : Sampson..tar þe lyown as he schulde to-teryn out a kide in to gobetis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)166a/a : Golgatha..is yclepid þe place of caluarie, for þere dampned men shulde ben y-hedid.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.247 : Whan he fil in any slomberynges, Anon bygynne he sholde for to grone.
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)25 : The..Kyng..fforsed hem..to answere..to certeyn questions..makyng hem..other to answere thanne they shuld ha done hadde they ffrely be at large.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)10467 : The jews vsed forto make a fest at þe tempyll ylke ȝere onys or twyse, And ydder suld come both most and lest.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)81/17 : It was the custome that all noble men shulde wer ryngis.
- c1500 Corneus (Ashm 61)26 : When he was at þe bord sete, Anon þe horne schuld be fette.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)109 : Where as I shuld haue fyllyd dykes depe At a full watyr, I might nat thedyr crepe.
d
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)41/718 : His brunie he gan lace, So he scholde, in to place.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)320 : Foure-and-twenti segene þat Monekes scholden to.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3810 : Þei hent swiche herte as hardi men schuld.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)931 : Claplaynez [read: Chaplaynez]..Rungen ful rychely, ryȝt as þay schulden, To þe hersum euensong.
- a1425 St.Alex.(2) (LdMisc 463)56/368 : Þei þidere come were to her, as þei sholde þere, Godes seruise.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1697 : Þan of þe Siriens summe..Folow [Dub: Flowen] fra þe fell kyng, as fals men suld.
10.
As modal auxiliary expressing futurity: shall (do sth., be so, etc.), will: (a) present form; ~ mouen; also, phrase shal ben used as noun: future [quots.: 1340, 2nd & c1425]; (b) present form with implied inf.; ~ mouen; (c) present form in past context; (d) past form in present context; (e) past form in past context; (f) past form in past context with implied inf.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)125/5 : Hnacod ic com of minre moder innoðe, & nacod ic sceal heonen gewændan.
- c1175 Body & S.(1) (Bod 343)6 : Nu me sceæl þe meten and þa molde seoðða.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.79 : Þeȝȝ shulenn lætenn hæþeliȝ Off unnkerr swinnc.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)7 : Þenne þu wenest þet þu scalt libben..þenne gest þu forð.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)4/38 : Þe sculen nu waxen wurmes be siden.
- a1275 Þene latemeste dai (Trin-C B.14.39)31 : Þenne sulen woremes woniin þe wid-innen.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)90 : Nime we & quellen þis ilke hinderling & lokeþ wat him ssal helpe þerafter his meting.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)136 : At Babilloine..To one brigge þu schalt cume.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)30 : Ȝe ne wite noth wat schal befalle.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)51/5 : A, god, huet ssolle we ete to day?
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)104/15 : God..is..wiþ-oute enye chonge..wyþ-oute ende..wyþ-oute 'wes', wyþ-oute 'ssel by'.
- a1350 St.Alex.(1) (LdMisc 108)48/257 : Þer nis no man þat me schal knowe.
- 1372 Als i lay vp-on (Adv 18.7.21)10 : Sing nov, moder..Wat me sal be-falle Here after wan i cum to eld?
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.165 : In a boon of a wethres riȝt schuldre..þey knoweþ what haþ be do, is i-doo, and schal be doo.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1252 : Toward þe est end of þis dale Find a grene gate þou sale [Trin-C: shale].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1435 : Þay schin knawe sone, Þer is no bounte in burne lyk Baltazar þewes.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)35/25 : Say now..how saltou fare?
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)77/24 : He is euerlasting..wiþoute 'was' and wiþoute 'schal be'.
- (1426) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)340 : I be quethe..x li..to ben payed the saide maistres..that ben or shal be at the tyme of suche purchas.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)26/25 : Good Lord, schal he be savyd?
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)439 : Nile ȝe be bisi seiyng 'what schulen we ete?'
- a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)95/23 : We wate never when we sal dye.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)864 : Whan schol ye þre to vs be reconsiled?
- (c1450-54) Paston (EETS)1.153 : Nous serrons, uous serrez..we chall be, ȝe chall be.
- (1451) Paston (Gairdner)2.205 : Nothyng is..ner agreed in maner, save abydyng the grete deliberacon that at the last zall spill all to goder.
- (1461) Paston2.250 : She seth þat he shall not mown comyn to you.
- (1463-4) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.32 : All the..Rulys of the said ffelyschep that nowe be made or in tyme to come shall be made, yow shall kepe.
- a1500 LRed Bk.Bristol2.152 : The saide Jorneymen and tho that shall coom herafter shall yereli pai to the saide Masters..xviij d.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)1601 : Shullen þei be dampned..Heþen mennes children þat doth deye?
b
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)330 : We solden biþenchen us wel ofte..Hwat we beð, to hwan we sullen.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)280/101 : Þe ordre of frere prechours..hath i-saued wel mani a man and ȝeot it schal wel mo.
- ?c1335 Þe king of heuen (Hrl 913)p.123 : Vnderstonde noȝt he nelle, What he is, no whoder he schel.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)109/2224 : A wile þe asken..Whider þow schelt & whannes þow come.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1360 : So muchel sorwe had neuere creature That is, or shal.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.578 : I wot nevere what I am, Ne whider I schal, ne whenne I cam.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)50.330 : Do me to wetene..whethir þou schole to blisse Oþer to peyn.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)469 : Oblyvyous antiquyte Hir odyr dedys..Hath worn awey..As many mo daily it doth and shall.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)236/10 : Whedir schal þi soule in þin ende, to peyne or ioye?
- c1460 Oseney Reg.43/25 : I graunt..to þem..what-soeuer thyng þerof to me..by lawe maye falle or shall mowe.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)109 : Euery creature þat hath ben, or xall, Was in natur of þe fyrst man, Adame.
- a1500 What is this (Dc 45)5 : The grenowst wounde þat euer man had or schalle Is to thynk on welth þat is gon.
c
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4002 : Fro abuuen cam to him bi-neðen, Word in herte dat [read: ðat] he sal queðen.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2706 : Men seyde eek that Arcite shal nat dye; He shal been heled of his maladye.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)74 : Sche ne wist which day withal Þat sche child haue schal.
d
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)123/17 : Wich trowist þou is he whom oure lord shuld enhaunse and promote a boue al his mayney?
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)47/127 : What ȝe xulde offre fayn wold I se.
e
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : Þet land folc..griðedon wið hine; wændon þet he sceolde þet land ofer gan.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)52/33 : Heo þa befran þa moder hwæt heo bidden scolde.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)110/13 : Crist wolde..sceawen his aȝene ansyne his leorningcnihtæs swa beorhtlice..swa hine alle haliȝe on heofenæ rice iseon sceolden.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9466 : Forrþi þatt teȝȝ þurrh hete & niþ Himm sholldenn all forrwerrpenn Forrþi wass þeȝȝre kinedom Todæledd.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)154/20 : Þet folc..easkede..hwa schulde beon hare dug.
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)11 : Jc wende mi wordis wunne fulde [read: sulde] me euer ilasten.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)225 : He wolde iwite ȝ[w]at man þe child ssolde be þat he adde bi ȝete.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2254 : What man..miȝt..finde Tvo..beres..He schold winne his wareson..þurth þe grete god of gold þat him bi ȝiue schold.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 15.24 : Thei..departiden his clothis, sendinge lot, who what schulde take.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.783 : Who wende To day that we sholde han so fair a grace?
- (1405) MSS PRO in App.Bk.Lond.E.284 : [He said] that Glendore was strong and strenger xold be.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)106 : He [Christ] wolde firste doo in dede that he schulde after teche by worde.
- (c1451) Paston (EETS)1.34 : He..seyd he that chuld do it chuld bettyr dor take it up-on hym.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)7/1 : He wold neuer ete..tyll he wyst wheþer he schuld be saued or noo.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)80 : Ye..seyde that hys bloode schulde be on you and on youre chyldren.
f
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1486 : Y can nat telle wheþyr he shulde to heuene or helle.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.13 : One with-outen tonge and teeth tolde me whyder I shulde, And wher-of I cam.
- a1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)255 : Þai coronyd me þe kidde kynge of kene iustises Þer euer wos tronyd in Troye, oþir trowid euer shulde.
11.
As modal auxiliary expressing imminence: to be about (to do sth.): (a) present form; also with past meaning [quot.: c1375]; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) past form with present meaning; (d) past form with past meaning; also with implied inf. [quots.: c1300, Otuel & R.].
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)124/876 : Ich bidde þe..þet alle þeo þe..cleopieð to me hwen ha schulen þe derf of deað drehen..iher ham.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)21/23 : Hwar etbrec heo [heart] ut urom dauid?..et his eie þurl..þuruh a biholdunge, ase ȝe scuhlen herefter iheren.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1151 : Þu singst þar sum man shal be ded.
- a1300 Also crist steȝ (Corp-C 294)3 : How fer he lepe ȝe schyn se.
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)190 : Why & whar for hider ich com Þou ichalt [read: schalt] it wite son anon.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)329 : Seþþe þou schalt hennes wende..bere þe boxumly.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3251 : Fully twenty wynter..He [Samson] hadde of Israel the gouernaunce; But soone shal he wepe many a teere.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2365 : Vp he yaf a roryng..As dooth the moder whan the child shal dye.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)p.1 : Lithes and I sall tell ȝow tyll Þe bataile of Halidon Hyll.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1061 : Blisful God prey ich with good entente, The viage, and the lettre I shal endite, So spede it.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)6/4 : Þe þeef..haþ þe corde aboute his þrote þat he schal be hongid wiþ.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)162/5 : I haue be prest in jherusalem..desyrynge..þat þe tyme we[re] neyhand nere In which goddys son xul Apere.
- a1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Antichr.(Pen 399)515/689 : Lost for his sake theyre sowlys ben..his shalbe sone.
- c1500 Is tell yw (Add 14997)1 : Is tell yw my mynd, anes tayliur, dame; I deme we lak plesur.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)183 : For þine gulte ishal nu to pine.
- a1275 Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)115 : Nu ic sal into helle For þi trespas.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)462 : Iloren ich haue Iosep..& nou ich ssal Beniamin.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9314 : Ne beþ þer bote tueye weyes: oþer her riȝt deye, Oþer ouercome vr fon as we ssolle & bringe hom þer doune.
c
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1031 : Siche foure scholde be fay within foure hourez.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)111/13 : Like as a man þat shuld haue a conflicte with a noþer, first he asayith his armour.
d
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : Yware..cydde him hu þa ut lages sceolden cumen to Burh.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)65/706 : As ha schulde stupin & strecche forð þet swire, [etc.].
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)48/34 : So ful of anguise was þet ilke ned swot þet com of his [Christ's] licome aȝein þe anguisuse deaðe þet he schude þolien þet hit þuhte read blod.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)532 : Seþþe hi dude heore sel vpe þene ston. Lutel hi wiste wrecches hw hit sculde gon.
- c1300 Body & S.(5) (LdMisc 108)p.25 : Þe gost was oute and scholde away.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2245 : Ouer temes sche schuld ride.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2305 : Riȝt as þe breme bestes vs boþe schuld haue take, our..werwolf..com wiþ a gret kours.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9056 : Þys songe sunge þey..Vn-to þe matynes were alle done, And þe messe shuld bygynne sone.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.64 : Calkas knew this tretis sholde holde.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)69/20 : As sone as sche parceyvyd þat sche xulde crye, sche wolde kepyn it in as mech as sche myth.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)15/8 : He [Christ] hem askid if þei [John and James] myȝten þole pyne & deeþ, as he schulde do.
- c1475(c1420) Page SRouen (Eg 1995)p.19 : Yf the chylde schulde be dede, The modyr wolde not gyf hyt bredde.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)380 : The stede wyst..that hys Maystyr Otuel schuld to Batayle.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)206 : The foresters wyf was in chyldebed, and shulde that same nyght brynge a childe in to the worlde.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.100 : Constantyne..should haue been heled with the bloodde of innocentes.
12.
As modal auxiliary expressing action or event expected, set, or appointed: to be scheduled (to do sth.), be due: (a) present form; also with past meaning [quot.: 1440]; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) past form with past meaning; (d) past form with past meaning with implied inf.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)54/12 : Geswutele me, gyf þu sylf wylle nyðer astigen to helwaren..oððe gyf ic scule cyðen þinne tocyme helwaren.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)72/37 : On uren geændunge us byð gedemed, hweðer we on reste oððe on wite þone gemænlicen dom anbidigen sculen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2975 : Belin..hit [Rome] bi-tæcheð Brenne þe scæl bi-læuen here.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.853 : Syn I shal bigynne the game, What, welcome be the cut.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.592 : Þo wrecches..hopen þat he be to come þat shal hem releue.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)128 : It be-fell aftir þat up-on day With o seruaunt he schul a iornay make.
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.320 : The sessiounys choulle be her at Norwiche on Tusday next coumyng.
- (1478) Paston (EETS)1.511 : The Duke off Bokyngham shall come on pilgrymage to Walsyngham.
b
- (1440) Paston2.22 : This same weke shall he toward Fraunce.
- (1478) Paston (EETS)1.511 : It is supposyd þat he shalle to my lady off Norffolk.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)389 : How fere schall all þys good?
c
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)24/29 : Heo becomen..to þære stowe þær me hine beheafdigen scolde.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1154 : Þat ilce dæi þat Martin, abbot of Burch, sculde þider faren þa sæclede he.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3760 : He wollde sammnenn An flocc off menn till Crisstenndom..Þatt sholldenn wurrþenn hise shep.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6581 : Vortiger i Lundene læi þat com þe ilke isæte dæi, þat sculden to hustinge cumen þa cnihtes.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)280 : Þat word was sone wide couth..Þat seint Thomas after him scholde Erchebischop beo.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3891 : Brutus, Cassius..caste the place in which he sholde dye With boydekyns.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4224 : Ioseph..Of al min aght suld haben air.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1286 : Þe bur[n]e in mynde hade Þe lasse luf..for lur þat he soȝt boute hone, Þe dunte þat sclulde [read: schulde] hym deue.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.32 : At the yate ther she sholde out ride..he hoved hire t'abide.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)27 : The erle had..a doghetir..Þat his ayere sold bee.
- ?c1450(a1388) Wallingford Exafrenon (Dgb 67)187 : The sesoun [read: sonne] goyes not agayne unto the same poynte of the zodiac precise..as the fownder[s] of the kalendar supposid that it shuld doo.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1515 : He..Braidis ouire with bawdkyns all þe brade stretis, With tars &..tafeta þar he trede sulde.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)58 : Þay grayþed þer wede Tyll it come to þe day þat þay suld do þer dede.
- a1500(c1465) SEChron.(Lamb 306)78 : Whan hit shulde be set up a yene he that shulde have set it up fell downe.
d
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)125/13 : Com þe feond fleonninde bi þe lufte & schulde al on toward te west half of þe worlt.
- c1450 Gt.Chron.(Gldh 3313)93 : The frensshe men herde telle of his comyng that wey, And they brake the brigges that the kyng shuld ovyr.
- (1451) Paston (EETS)1.243 : Sche told me þat þer shuld kepte a day on Monday next komyng be-twyx here broþer and Sere Andrew.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)380 : Þan come þer..ten..men..Some with syluer, some with golde; All to Syr Launfal hyt scholde.
13.
As modal auxiliary expressing future contingency in clause of result or purpose: would (do sth., be in a certain state or condition, etc.): (a) present form; also with implied inf. [quot.: c1150]; ~ connen (mouen, willen, etc.); (b) past form with present meaning; sholde mouen; sholde for to dissolven, sholde to loven, etc.; (c) past form with past meaning; sholde mouen; (d) past form with past meaning with implied inf.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.VA (Vsp D.14)15/18 : Episcopus is..on Ænglisc 'Sceawere', for þan þe he is gesett to þan þæt he ofersceawigen scule mid his gemene þa læwede.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)33/26 : We byddaþ æræst, þæt mann hym þyrce spcaudrenc [read: wyrce speaudrenc], forþan eal þæt yfel..on þare heorta and on þan breoste..sceal þanne uf [read: ut].
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)62/26 : Ic com hider on dome..þæt..ða þe iseoð sceolon beon blinde.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2958 : Drihhtin me ȝifeþ witt & mihht..Þatt I shall cunnenn cwemenn Godd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7301 : Hemm alle beþ o Domess daȝȝ Binumenn muþ & spæche Þatt wise, þatt næfr an off hemm Ne shall þær muȝhenn mælenn Ȝæn Crist.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7640-41 : Þiss child iss borenn her to þann Þatt fele shulenn fallenn & fele shulenn risenn.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)101/894 : Let þenne turnen hit tidliche abuten swa þet Katerine schal..ure wil wurchen.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2090 : Fugeles sulen ði fleis to-teren, Ðat sal non agte mugen ðe weren.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)8/3 : Worþssipe þine uader and þine moder, uor þu sselt libbe þe lenger ine yerþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)325 : Swiche grace may þe falle, þat alle þi frendes fordedes faire schalstow quite.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1304 : This sorghfull king was so bestad That he schal nevermor be glad.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)21/30 : Þanne schalle alle trewe cristen flee þe face of anticrist so þat noon schullen mowen entre in to þe chirche.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1404 : So lost have I myn hele and ek myn hewe, Criseyde shal nought konne knowen me.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)10217 : Kuttyn of my nose I shal in here presence; Þan me, so dyfformyd, no man shal wyl take.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)135/25 : He shal not forgon good herberewe..and his mere shal yeuyn hym mylk..so that he shab [read: shal] ben wel purueyed..in the tothir world.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)150/9 : Þey schul be so enfeblid in here batayle þat þei shulle not durre to assayle vs.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)446 : Be cause ye shall think it is noo lese, She chargyd me to take yow this ring.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)160/6 : I am an angell to the sent, ffor thou shall no harmes hent.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)534 : Ich wolde..mine dohter ȝeuen eowre duke & swa we sculden bi-leauen leouie mæȝes.
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)102/291 : He ne sold it leten for þinke liuihinde, þat he ne solde þe up-breidin.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1368 : Ȝe sigge ich wern mi nem to wiue, For y schuld be ȝour king.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)60/12 : [Flatterers] smerieþ þane way of helle mid hony..þet þe zeneȝere hine ssolde guo þe hardylaker.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2528 : Wiȝtly wold ich..warne þe prouost, & titliche schuld þei be take.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2665 : The iuges..myghten..so muchel suffre of the..mysdoers that they sholden..by proces of tyme wexen of swich power, [etc.].
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)108/12 : This I purpose to declare þee, for þou schuldist knowe it þe betire.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)187/35 : I wolde..þat I myth suffir deth for þe so þat þu xuldist not deyin.
- (1445) ?Bokenham Claudian CS (Add 11814)263/52 : This feith..openyth not oonys glad ere to new tidyngys That fals murmour nevir hurte sholde mown his seruaunt.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)7 : God..alle..wroght Subiecte to man and man to the, That he shoulde..To loue and serve..the.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)233/22 : Raph relesyde to þe mynchons..j mese..& viij acris of arable londe..so þat..Raph..by none in hys name sholden mowe to aske ne to chalenge, [etc.].
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)63/2 : God..wold a man schuld faste, that he schuld leve..his vicis and noȝt for to dissolue or hyndre his nature.
- a1500 For I wend (Trin-C O.1.29)25 : Þis praiere..Saye..or þinke it in þi saule þe matere to leere ffor whi hym..Suld þou in þi mynde haue.
c
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)2/35 : God..cwæð þæt he wolde wyrecen mann of eorðe, þæt se eorðlice mann sceolde geðeon, & geearnian..wununge on heofone rice.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)88/27 : Nathan wæs gesænd..to Romesbyrig, to þan þæt he scolde his ærende læden Claudium.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)83/21 : Ic þe sende to neorxenewanges gate, þæt þu scoldest Drihten bidden þæt he mid þe his ængel asænde.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Hi..brendon alle the tunes ðet wel þu myhtes faren all a dæis fare sculdest thu neure finden man in tune sittende ne land tiled.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)122/19 : Crist..wolde þæt his haliȝe þrowung ær ifulled wære þæt..his..apostolas æfter þam þe heo mid þam Haliȝe Gaste itrymede wæron..sceolden cuþæn & sæcgæn openlice..his..þrowungæ & his upriste.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3944 : Godd comm her to manne Forr þatt he wollde griþþ..settenn Bitwenenn Drihhtin..& mannkinn..Þatt mannkinn shollde muȝhenn wel Upp cumenn inntill heoffne.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7581 : Þeȝȝ comenn..inntill Godess minnstre, Forr þatt teȝȝ sholldenn offrenn þær Þe child o Godess allterr.
- a1225 Crist and saint (Roy 5.F.7)p.5 : Crist and sainte marie swa on scamel me iledde þat ic on þis erðe ne silde wid mine bare fote i tredie.
- c1300 SLeg.Kath.(LdMisc 108)172 : No man hire mete ne ȝaf ne drunch..For heo scholde to heore lawe hire þouȝ[t] tuyrne.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)51 : Þei wold abide, Til her fest wer go biside, Þat no crie ne sscholde rise.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)746 : He gript his mantel..wrapped him þer-inne, For no man..his mornyng schuld knowe.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.373 : Rosamunda..bonde so faste þe kynges swerd..þat it myȝte not be undrawe out of þe scaberke, for þe kyng schulde nouȝt mowe..defende hymself.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)2986 : Fro touche of hir I saued þe þat þou shuldes not synne in me.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)3406 : Þare he held him prevely, So þat none sold him ascry.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)58/99 : On þis wise war þai al broght doun, Vnder þe Emperure subieccione, So þat no-man wun þore sald.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2126 : He bilte this cite onli of entent That Romeyn knihtis which wer falle in age..Sholde of custum haue ther herbergage.
- a1450 SLeg.Fran.(2) (Bod 779)13 : His fadir him tok gret catel to vsin marchaundyse, for he cholde ben burgeys..to buggen & sulle.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)177/10 : Iohn cnolle grauntyd..&..quite-claymyd to..þe churche..all hys ryht & clayme..in a place of londe..so þat þe foreseyde Iohn noþer hys heyrys..sholde mowe to aske or chalange ony thynge of ryht.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)prol.14 : Henrri was entrid on þe est half..And rosse with him rapely to riȝtyn his wronge, For he shullde hem serue of þe same after.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)557 : Þe dwerk gan wake For noo þef ne schuld take Har hors away.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5413 : He..hom told..of the cariage of corne comyn by ship, Þat no wegh suld want while the werre laste.
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12389 : Þe fend..brohhte hemm unnderr sinne Swa þatt teȝȝ wiþþ all þeȝȝre offspring Wiþþ himm till helle sholldenn.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2360 : Brenne..bannede is ferde, scheldede his scalken al-se heo to wiȝe solden.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)2361 : Brenne..flockede his cnihtes, alse hii solde to fihte.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)20112 : Ilke ake on oþer so alle a bout, Þat nane of þam suld might cum out.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)27.213 : So Angwischhous was that stour..that for the grettest herted Erthly Man In his herte scholde had drede than.
14a.
As modal auxiliary expressing future contingency resulting from action in hypothetical or conditional clause with but, if, and, etc.: would (do sth., be in a certain state or condition, etc.): (a) present form; ~ connen (mouen); (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) past form with present meaning; also, with implied inf. [quot.: a1225(?OE)]; sholde mouen; sholde to haven; (d) past form with past meaning; sholde mouen; (e) past form with past meaning with implied inf.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)7/12 : Gyf þu wylt æt manega mannen habben þæt þæt þe licað, þu scealt eac æt manegan habben þæt þe mislicað.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)52/20 : Ne sceal he him tweoniȝæn þæt he ne maȝe Godes mildheortnesse biȝitæn, ȝif he wyle to dædbote cyrræn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4990 : Ȝiff ȝe follȝhenn..Þe sloþ off þise mahhtess, Þa shule ȝe ben witerrliȝ Þurrh Cristess name borrȝhenn.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2710 : Halde ȝeif ȝe wulleð, eow swal beon þe betere.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3998 : Ȝif þu ileuest ælcne mon selde þu sælt wel don.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4829 : Ah ȝif heo hider cumeð liðen leoden to biwinnen, her heo sculeð [Otho: solleþ] ibiden bitterest alre baluwen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13183 : Þa he scal alle leose buten he leoð makie.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)148 : Yef þou leuest oþerweis, sclawen scaltou bee.
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)220/200 : Yef we uilleth don his seruise..we sollen habbe þo mede wel griat ine heuene.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)203 : We sulen hunger hauen & harde sures buten we ben war here.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1640 : Þat shoren [read: sholen] ye forthward ful wel heren [?read: leren] Yif þat ye wile þe storie heren.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1046 : Findic ðor ten or mo, Ic sal meðen ðe stede for ðo.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3018 : To-morgen, bute he mugen vt-pharen, Egyptes erf sal al for-faren.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)230/35 : Yef þou me beuelst aye mi wyl, my chasthede hit ssel by me y-dobbled.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)639 : Haue ȝe..a-saide..þe swetnesse..in þe rote, hit schal veraly þurth vertue do vanisch ȝour soris!
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)964 : But i þe sunner haue socour of þat swete mayde..alle the surgens..ne schul saue mi liue.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)3520 : And þe folk here þusgate say, Halely sall þai [vr. saltay] leue our lay.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)517 : If he þer of drynke may..Sone he schel be on god aray..al hol & feere.
- (a1392) Clanvowe 2 Ways (UC 97)65/341 : Ȝef we lyuen after þe flessh we shulne dyen.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6789 : Widues ne barns faderles Do yee na wrang..If yee do, cri to me þai sall.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11889 : I sale [Göt: salle; rime: hale] Hing yow bot ye mak me hale.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.111 : But ȝif ȝe..rape ȝow to werche, Shal [vr. Schchl] no greyn þat here growiþ glade ȝow at nede.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)12.113 : Wommen and wyn..and slewthe, Yf þow [hem] vse oþer haunte..To clergie shult þow neuere come.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)32/19 : A man schal not mowe com to þe hiȝer party of contemplatiue liif bot ȝif he seese for a tyme of þe lower partye.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7085 : Thou shalt neuer..Kon knowen..The traitours..But thou her werkis can a spie.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)27/15 : Ȝif þou walke be þe kuntre & pouert go with þe, þou schalt kun demen þat ilke straunge man þat þou metist is a robere.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)79 : Ȝif we wole here take good entent, we schul mowe see that as in noȝt doynge he didde grete thynges.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)19/27 : Yif thow come tomorwe and kysse me boldely, thow shat han al this trosor.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)19/18 : But if þei..clense hem wiþ schrifte & wiþ penaunce..gilty schul þei be.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)341/23 : Butte þis swete tre be chiwede..with þe teþe of affectuese discrecione, þe sauer þer-of..schalle not movene be felte.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)31/7 : But if we woll do as I have devised, we all shall be slayne.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.16.11a : If þin herte be clene of þin oune synnes..þe synnes of alle oþer men schulle nouȝt dere þe.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)61 : But I haue ȝour helpys, y schall lese my lyfe.
- a1525(?1435) Cov.Leet Bk.181 : But yif certen ordenaunses of Craftes..be takon good hede to, hit is like..poor chapmen & Clothemakers..shullon be gretely hyndered.
- a1550(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Sln 1873)2757 : Of this arte ye shall not haue your pray, But it be mynystride..Contynually.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)124/863 : Ower wop wendeð al on ow seoluen, lest ȝe..wepen..in helle..as ȝe schulen, alle bute ȝef ȝe forleoten..ower misbileaue.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of godde (Hrl 913)64 : But þou nelt at þe last, Oþer men sulle aftir þe.
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)171 : If..a ricchere..bringe him a ȝifte, He shal into the freitur and ben i-mad ful glad.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5868 : Doune shall the castell euery dele, If eueriche do his entent.
- a1450 Fasc.Mor.(Rwl C.670)Tag 40 [45] 7 : But þey sone amende, Thay shullen to hell pyne.
c
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.675 : Ic..tyðe þet whilc man swa haued behaten to faren to Rome, and he ne muge hit forðian..cume to þet mynstre..& haue þet ilce forgiuenesse of Criste..þet he scolde hauen gif he to Rome fore.
- a1200(?OE) Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)207 : Ȝif he..al þat sore bimurneð..þenne wile his heorte aken and smerten, alse his side sholde ȝif me him mid spere stunge.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11404 : Ȝif ich..ihere þat æi of mine hirede..of þissen ilke slehte æft sake are[re] ne sculde [Otho: sal] him neoðer gon fore gold ne na gærsume.
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)102/289 : Þoh [Trin-C: hif; Jes-O: if]..tu hire..wraþþed hauedest hoe ne scolde it leten, [etc.].
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)77/1346 : Miȝte iseon hem tueie, For ioie ischolde deie.
- a1325 SLeg.Mich.(Corp-C 145)541 : Ȝif þer were a stepel hei and a man aboue sete And me seie him smite an hei gode duntes & grete, Þou ssost him seo wel longe smite duntes wiþ þin eiȝe Ar þou ssoldest eni dunt ihure.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)48/574 : Ȝif þou of mi deþ hadest ben bliþe, Þou schust haue voided.
- a1350(a1325) SLeg.Cec.(Ashm 43)121 : Ȝif he were uorþ ibroȝt, Vorberne he scholde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1690 : Miȝt we..com bi tvo skynnes of þe breme beres & bi-sowe ȝou þer-inne..no liuand lud i-liue ȝou knowe schold.
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)64/52 : Ȝif þe knythod lackid..þeues and enemies shoden so encresse þat no man sholde lyuen in pes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9611 : If mi sister saue moght all..Þou suld [Trin-C: shuldestou] þan be duted noght.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)8.5 : Were ich brouhte in my bed..Sholde no ryngynge do me ryse.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)27/30 : Were þin appetit helid of couetise, þou schuldist þinke pouerte a restful kouȝche.
- a1456 Marmaduke SSecr.(Ashm 59)223/27 : And þowe wolde weele ete, þou shouldest not sustene so muche feobulnes of þy body.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)195/1331d : Were he to grounde falle, We shuldyn bene maystres of hem all.
- a1500(a1400) Libeaus (Lamb 306)1097 : Yff J were armed nowe..We shulden ffight in same.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)12/28 : If we wolde in þe begynnyng putte to a litel violence, we shulde mowe do all þinges aftirwarde wiþ esynes.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)3619 : Yf..ye had the couenaunt hold, Vnto..deth me to haue ye shold.
d
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)24/23 : Gif he rihtlice ilyfde, he sceolde ðonne witen þæt God sylf is æȝhwær.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)15 : Ȝif þu me wundedest, ic sculde wundie þe þer on-ȝein.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3984 : If ðin asse ne were wið-dragen, Her suldes ðu nu wurðen slagen.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2706 : Had þei wist..whiche help god hem sente, al hire gref in-to game gaynli schold haue turned.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.587 : Verraily hym thoughte he sholde spille But he of hire myghte ones haue his wille.
- (1399) RParl.3.451b : They..dyd it..for to eschue the perile..that hem shuld have fallen bot if thei had done it.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)65/2 : Ȝif hij bi-leueden stedfastly, hij schulden mowȝe done al þat hij wolden done.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)3113 : Myght þai bat touche hys cote heme, Þai suld be hale withouten weme.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.2.11 : Yif thou..ne haddest first cast hem awey, they schulden han defended the.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)62/28 : Þei xuldyn..han gret disese les þan þei had gret grace.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)211 : He solde his message be lathe, Bot he a-waye went.
- c1450 NPass.(Cmb Ii.4.9)104/1034 : If he ne hade noughte don ylle, We xulde not haue broughte hym for to spylle.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)429/36 : If she were false, she sholde spylle all the drynke.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)800,803 : Yf..þe maydenes were Bryȝtere þan þe Quene of hewe, Launfal schild be holde trewe Of þat..And yf he myȝte not brynge hys lef, He schud be hongede.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)51 : But..Charlys come hem to helpe..Ne schulde they neuer ellys olyve come oute of the tour.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)48/275a : And they hade lete me of my wyll and desyer as hyt was þer parte, y schulde a byn now far cunnynger and yn better case then y am.
e
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)179/4 : If her desier hadde be fulfillid..it schulde had no peyne.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4453 : Wel mo scholde ȝit þat nyght, Had þey nought sondred for faute of lyght.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)70/26 : Thou schuld had merueyle if þou had seyn þe membres of þat eld body.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)6061 : The tresour of Comquez [he] shold had..Iff god wold haue send hym good liffe.
14b.
As modal auxiliary expressing future occurrence or action resulting from action in conditional clause beginning with who-so, who that, etc.: shall (do sth., be in a certain state or condition, etc.), will: (a) present form; ~ connen (mouen); (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) past form with present meaning; (d) past form in past context; sholde connen.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)10/39 : Se þe specð leasunge, he sceal losigen sylf.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)80/5 : Þa þa swa ne doð, heo sculen habben helle wite.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)171/18 : Heo habbe swa micele myhte þæt hwylce þing hi up atihð, þæt hit sona scyle beon beswicen.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)52/25 : Þa ðe..nellæþ reowsunge don & heoræ gyltæs bewepan..heo sceolon reowsiæn & wepæn on helle wite.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.127 : Whase lerneþþ itt & follȝheþþ itt wiþþ dede, He shall onn ende wurrþi ben Þurrh Godd to wurrþenn borrȝhenn.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11392 : Wa-swa þat nulle don, he scal for-demed beon.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)41 : Þer heo schulen resten þe her ðe doð wurschipe.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)294 : Ho-so trust to ihesu crist, him ne schal [Corp-C: ssel] failly nouȝt.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4038 : Quuo-so wile cursing maken, Ille cursing sal him taken.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)70/28 : Non wel libbe ne ssel conne þet to sterue ylyerned ne heþ.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)5.14 : Alle þat louen þy name shalt gladen in þe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.9.6 : Who so euer schall schede mannus blode, þe blode of hym schall be sched.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)769 : Who so may þere-on skippe..He shall of Corinthe toun After þee bere coroun.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.117 : Alle þat werchen with wrong, wenden þei shuln [vr. scholy; Z: scollen] Aftir here deþ day & dwelle wiþ þat shrewe.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1810 : Þose þat seme arn and swete schyn se his face.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2166 : Who so wole the eendyng here, The crafte of loue he shall mowe lere.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)507 : Whoso wyl alwey foly fle In þis werld schal ben vnthende.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)47/14 : Who that is youen to suerd, he shal perissh with the suerd.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)33/5 : Who-so euer yeveth of his good..to..nedy men..his comaundementes shall be obeyed.
b
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)35 : Þe wel ne deð þe hwile he mai ne scal wenne he walde.
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)326 : Who þat makeþ grucchyng þat we here dwelle, He schal to þe porter into the draw-welle.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3638 : Þei þat wel do in þis werld..In heuene þei schal heynyd in bounte and blys.
- c1450 Dc.Prov.(Dc 52)p.57 : Who-so wylle not when he may, He shall not when he wylle.
- c1475 Rwl.Prov.(Rwl D.328)p.121 : Ho so stelyth when he ys dronke, he shall anhanggyd when he ys fresch.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)5288 : They that woll not when þey maye, They shall not when þey wolde!
c
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)112/13 : God cwæð þæt alc synne þe nære ofer eorðen gebett, scolde beon on þysser wurlde gedemed.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)75/13 : Huo þet hedde ytake þer of ennelepi drope..he ssolde by of þe loue of god zuo dronke, [etc.].
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2352 : Summe þat bere hem now brag schuld blede or euen.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1584 : Who so tooke a mirour..And sette it in a commune market place, Thanne sholde he se ful many a figure pace.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)73/20 : Who-so lokid [vr. lokeþ] apon þee schuld þink þee ful sobirly disposid in body.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)11/25 : Who so vndirstondiþ þe baleful lere þat þerof ariseþ, he suld ful sore hym dred.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.10.6b : Hoo so hadde felid boþe, he schulde kunne telle wilk were good and wilk were yuel.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)16 : He that myght lerne and holde faste, He schulde wexe wyse at the laste.
d
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2491 : Þe prouost dede pertli profer al a-boute what man vpon mold miȝt þe beres take, he schuld gete of gold garissoun for euere.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.342 : Who-so repented rathest shulde..grete sire glotoun with a galoun ale.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)48 : Affrycan..seyde hym what man..That lovede commune profyt..He shulde into a blysful place wende.
- (1445) Paston (EETS)1.27 : He seyde..that ho so euer schuld dwelle at Paston, schulde have nede to conne defende hymselfe.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)735/22 : An Emperour..dyd proclame..a gret fest That..all þat come þidere..schulde be well fedde.
14c.
As modal auxiliary in an action concomitant with or commensurate to another: will (do sth., be sth., etc.): (a) present form; (b) past form with past meaning.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)114/22 : Swa swa þu underfenge ær his god, swa þu scealt beon his efenhlytte on his wite.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)114/2 : Swa mycele mare swa ðe mon her on weorlde to gode deþ to-foren þam oðre..swa mycele mare mæde & ædlean he sceal underfon..on domes dæȝ.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.191 : The hyer that they were in this present lyf, the moore shulle they ben abated and defouled in helle.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)178/22 : Þe more hoot þat a man is, þe more heer he schal haue.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)16/13 : As myche as þei ioyen hem in delices, so myche turment and sorowe þei schal haue.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2475 : Euermore tho[u] neighest nere..The hatter euere shall thou brenne.
- c1440(?a1400) ?Nassyngton Trin.& U.(Thrn)24 : Alls þou began all þat euer was, Swa sall þou Ende all þat sall passe.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)5 : Þe moore þat þi tribulacioun and þin affliccioun is, þe moore schal be þi cunfort.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)130/22 : Qwere-euere þe mone waxit or wanyȝt, þe lewys schull waxyn and wanyn.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)150b/a : Þe sunnere þat þe wounde is sewid of þe newere þat þe wounde be, þe sunnere & þe bettere schal þe wounde be heelid.
b
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)70/3 : Þe mor þat sche wolde labowryn to kepe it in..mech þe mor xulde sche cryen.
15.
As modal auxiliary expressing future contingency resulting from action or occurrence in temporal clause: will (do sth., be so, etc.), shall: (a) present form; ~ mouen; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) past form with present meaning; sholde mouen; (d) past form with past meaning; also with implied inf. [quot.: ?a1475].
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)113/3 : Se snotere sceal swigigen, þone he gesihð þæt seo bodung næfð nænne forðgang.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)40/31 : Þone ȝe to rihte andetnysse to eowre scrifte bicumeð, þonne sceal he eow..acsiæn mid hwylce ȝemete..þeo synn þurhtoȝen wære.
- c1200 Wor.Serm.in EGSt.7 (Wor Q.29)56 : Þe deofel..seide..þet ilke dei þet ȝe heteth of þe tre of liue..ȝe scullen beon alse god.
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)105/314 : Hwanne muþ maþeleþ more þanne he scolde, þanne scollen his eren eft it iheren.
- a1300 Ancr.(Cai 234/120)30/18 : Hwen he þat is ower lif..springeð as dahunge efter nihtes þeosternesse..ge swulen mid him springen.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1818 : Quan ðu ðe migt wið angel weren, Hu sal ani man ðe mugen deren?
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)29/129 : Wanne no pine ne mai him quelle, oþer þing ichelle fonde.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)156/35 : Huanne ich yzy þane fol and þane zeneȝere, ich ssel habbe pite.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)70.25 : My lippus shul gladen whan ich haua songen to þe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2344 : As sone as þou art seie, þou schalt sone be knowe.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)16.97 : Whan he may na more..Thenne shulleþ is gottes godelen.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)2/13 : Wen þat ȝe þus do, þan sa [read: sal] min eȝin be on ȝow.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)271/1 : When þou hast slayn þise felons, þan þou shalst be þe Kynges of heven champion.
- a1456 Marmaduke SSecr.(Ashm 59)220/24 : Whane þe same thing created sleeþe þe creature lyke to him, þe vertues of heven shoule crye to þe Hye Mageste, [etc.].
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)177/612 : Whanne thou wilt to grece gone..þou shat welle spede.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.282 : Whan richesse and hap is gon, he schal fyndyn fewe frendys.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)60 : Wen þow traistes[t] [Frf: sicurest] wenis at [Frf: to] be, Fro hir schalt þou or scho fro þe.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1633 : They shull neuer so verily Descripcioun of the welle heere..As ye shull whanne I haue vndo The craft that hir bilongith too.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)7729 : To þe yete inuysyble Thei been & shul tyl þou credence Ful yiue tyl to a bettyr sentence.
c
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5458 : Whanne they arn falle in pouerte..Thanne shulde they sene who freendis ware.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)69b/b : What tyme þat a womman sittes wiþ her thies o brode, þe eire schulde mowe enter inne.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)1004 : All þe goodys þou hast in store Xulde not profyght so moche wan þi body ys closyde.
d
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2014 : Whan þei wedded a wiif..Sche chold sone be bi-schet here-selue alone.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)54/18 : What day he had faylid þeroff I sulde hafe strangled hym.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)40/158 : I xuld nevyr affaylid what marke þat ever were sett whyl þat I..had my clere syght.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)775/5 : As ofte as he scholde goo to þe batell..The bell schold be rong of a mayde.
16.
(a) As modal auxiliary expressing future occurrence or action resulting from action in imperative clause: shall (do sth.), will; ~ connen (mouen); also with implied inf. [quot.: c1440] and past form with present meaning [quot.: a1325, 2nd]; (b) as modal auxiliary expressing future occurrence or action resulting from failure to comply with a command or entreaty in preceding imperative clause: shall (do sth.), will; -- with or, elles, other, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)89/17 : Syle þri sceattes fulle; syyðe raðe sceal þeo sceonesse beon ut atoȝen þur micȝþan.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)353 : Do swa..ȝe sculen habben lif & leomon.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4441 : Ah ȝif mine eame lifues grid [read: grið]..Þi mon he sæl bi-cumen.
- a1250 Mon may longe (Mdst A.13)22 : Do bi salomones rede, Man, and so þu selth [vr. schald] wel do; Do al so he þe tothte..Ne seltu neuere mis-do.
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)219/160 : Comeþ to srifte..þanne sollie habbe þo helþe of heuene.
- a1300 Loke to þi louerd (StJ-C A.15)12 : Loke to þe nailes..ne saltu no wit vinde bute anguisse and wo.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1585 : Be ðu ðer..til esau Eðe-moðed, ðe wreðed nu, And ðu salt ðe betre sped.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3763 : To-morwen beð her alle redi..And ðan sulde we brigte sen Quilc gure sal god quemest ben.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)70/27 : Lyerne to sterue; þanne sselt þou conne libbe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)73/4-5 : Lierne to sterue,todel þine zaule uram þe bodye be þoȝte, zend þine herte in-to..heuene, into helle..þou sselelt [read: sselt] yzy huet is guod and huet is kuead; Ine helle þou ssel yzi mo zorȝes þanne me moȝe deuisy.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3339 : Wendeþ ouȝt wiȝtli & wiþ ȝour fon meteþ..redli chul ȝe spede.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)30/4 : Do as I haue seid þe, and so þou schald agaste deuelis fer fro þe.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)99 : Soupe with vs to-nyght And ȝe shal han..A gret puddyng.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)35/8 : Plaster it ther-to & it sall awaye.
- a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm.(Wor F.10)34/417 : For-sake it [gluttony]..tanne i schal mow truliche sey o ȝow þe wordes þat Seint Poul seith, [etc.].
- ?c1450(a1388) Wallingford Exafrenon (Dgb 67)219 : Entre in till hir table that is occasus vespertini, and salt thu witte..the signe that Venus is in.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)32/14 : Menge þat on with þat oþer, and they schwl turnyn into a whyt lycour.
- (1469) Paston (EETS)1.346 : Be mersyfulle to them, and God xale send ȝow þe more grace.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)22/3 : They..bade sir Ulphuns and sir Brastias tarry there..for they shulde have such chere as myght be made for them in thys marchis.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.320 : Ȝeue þiself to þis blysse & þu schal han þis blysse.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)741/3 : Thow schete at hym [the devil] &..he schallt fle fro þe.
- a1500 For I wend (Trin-C O.1.29)26 : Saye it [prayer] or þinke it..þan salte þou haue forgyfnes of þi foule synne.
b
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)41/714 : Wend vt of my londe Oþer þu schalt haue schonde.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)634 : Oway wel sket, Or broken þine heued schal be.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1252 : Ȝeld þe to me ȝeply, or ȝerne þou schalt deie.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.644 : My socour be, for ellis shal I dye.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1388 : Cherisse thy wyf, or thow shalt neuere thee.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5110 : I rede thou shette hym oute, Or he shall greve thee.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)7967 : Offryth to oure goddys..A sacryfyse..Or ellys certeynly ye shule deye.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)445/17 : Loke ye play well, other ellys peraventure I shall lerne you a new play.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)106 : Fecche me my gyrdyll..Ellys schull the knyghtys haue al her wylle.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)437 : Hennes, ȝe traytours, or ȝe schulle dede be!
17.
As modal auxiliary in conditional, hypothetical, or concessive clause with if, though, etc.: should (do sth., etc.): (a) present form; ~ mouen; (b) present form in parenthetical clause; (c) past form with present meaning; also with implied inf. [quot.: c1325]; (d) past form in past context.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)100/20 : Þeo sawle..sceal Godes lare ȝeorne lystæn..ȝyf heo [soul] sceal þæt ece lif habben.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1832 : Niss himm [angel] næfre name sett Butt iff itt shule tacnenn Whatt weorrc himm iss þurrh Drihhtin sett To forþenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11445 : Cristess þeoww..Shall hafenn rihht inoh to don To stanndenn ȝæn þe deofell, Ȝiff he shall muȝhenn ȝemenn himm Fra deofless dærne wiless.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13125 : Nu is hit muchel leod-scome ȝif hit scal [Otho: sal] þus a-ligge.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)52/28 : Þah ich schule wurðe wod, ne schalt tu neauer mare witen hu me stonde.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1683 : Schille [Jes-O: Schulle] ich an utest uppen ow grede, Ich schal swo stronge ferde lede, [etc.].
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)144 : Þeyh ich to þe deþe schulle myd þe go..Ic nele neuer þe vorsake.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1782 : Shol ich casten þe dore open, Summe of you shal ich drepen!
- ?c1335 Lollai lollai (Hrl 913)13 : If be-tidiþ þat þou ssalt þriue..Þench þou wer ifostred vp þi moder kne.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Wisd.9.17 : Þi wit forsoþe who shal knowen, but if þou shoole ȝyuen wisdam & sende þyn holy spirit fro heiȝeste thingis?
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Hos.9.12 : Ȝif thei shuln nurishe out her sonys, Yf shal make hem with out free childre in men.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 3.3 : No but a man schal be born aȝen, he may not se the kyngdom of God.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.161 : Þat is harme for hem and þey schulle passe þe see and trauaille in straunge landes.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)973 : If I þis mote þe schal vnhyde, Bow vp towarde þys bornez heued.
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)156 : And we schulle ben at oon þou most me graunte þis, [etc.].
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.626 : Theigh ich and al my kyn..Shulle in a strete as dogges liggen dede..In every cas I wol a frend be founde.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)p.31 : Thei þat trublen me schule haue ioie if y schal be stired.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Prelates (Corp-C 296)78 : Suche cursed prelatis ben no part of holy chirche, in cas þat þei sullen be dampnyd.
- (1448) Doc.in Sundby Dial.Wor.(Eg Charter 608)255 : Thomas and..his wyfe of all the londes..in Tetishull, Marbroke..shul enfeffe theroffe Thomas Conyngesby, Roger..and John..apon condicion that they..shul lett hit, [etc.].
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)134/1 : Holde þe apayed of such þing as þou hast afore þe, etyng and drinkyng..in silens, not hastily as þough þou schalt neuer haue Inow.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.16.10a : Þou schuldist fele þis lownes soþfastli in þin herte..for hit is soþ..and þouȝ þou schalt ȝerne niȝt an dai..for to come..to þat stat [of contemplative life].
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)24/37 : Here a man myȝt wondre vpon ȝoure disposing of tablis, in lasse þan ȝe schulen cleer ȝoure silf.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)11645 : Shal euery day deie here mo Of peple þat on þe erþe go Þan shulde in-to þis world borne be Soone shulde it ende.
b
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.763 : By my trouthe, if that I shal not lye, I saugh nat this yeer so murye a compaignye.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.601 : I was fourty, if I shal seye sooth.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.833 : Of whom cam Brute..After whom, ȝif I schal nat feyne, Whilom þis lond called was Breteyne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.487 : I kan nat tellen whider We myghte gon, if I shal sothly seyn, Ther any wight is of us more feyn Than Sarpedoun.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)124/18 : I am fairer..Þe soth yf I saie sall..Þan glorius gulles.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)874 : The Ioy that she made, ther may no tunge tell: And also much..yf I ne ly shell.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.170 : If I sothe shall saie, and shonne side tales, Þer is as moche good witte in swyche gomes nollis As þou shuldist mete of a myst.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)411 : The place was y-heled..Off bodyes..ȝyf y ne lye schalle.
c
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)106/8 : Ȝef ich schulde writen al, hwenne come ich to ende?
- a1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)18/326 : Þah horn were vnder molde & oþer elle wher he sholde hennes a þousent milen ynulle him bigilen.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)178/7 : He ssel..habbe..uest wil þet neuremo to zenne, ne ssel wende ayen þaȝ me ssolde hine al to-heawe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1563 : Þere nis man..þat euer schal me haue but ȝe..þei y schold þer-fore be fordon.
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)92/487 : Fre men he makeþ bonde, and bryngeþ forþ fals wittenesse..as þey shulde neuere dye.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.213 : The peyne of helle..peyneth hem euere as thogh men sholde dye anon.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2433 : And [vr. if] I sholde rekenen euery vice Which that she hath, ywis I were to nyce.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.132 : Kynde knowyng..kenneþ in þin herte For to loue þi lord..No dedly synne to do, diȝe þeiȝ þou shuldist.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.400 : If I shulde deye bi þis day, me liste nouȝte to loke.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1000 : If that I sholde of any Grek han routhe, It sholde be youreselven.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4306 : Devels aftir sal bere hym..In-til þe ayre als he suld stey to heven.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6775 : I wole speke..Al shulde I dye.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)23/14 : Yf..a man..wold smyte of myn hed les þan I schulde comown kendly wyth ȝow..wold ȝe suffyr myn hed to be smet of?
- (1444) Paston2.25 : He shall avowe it, and it shulde coste hym gret parte of his good.
- (1448) Paston2.520 : Y wold do at the reverens of your lordschyp, yn las than hyt schold hurt me to gretly.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)1221 : Ȝif trewe jostice thou schost be To alle that han don avowtre..thow schost hem brennen al jn fere.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)19/8 : Þei seme smal kuttid aboue þe knees, as þauȝ þei schulden wade..in myres aftir eles.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)226 : Wherto constreyneth he [God] his folk so faste Thing to desyre, but hit shulde laste?
- a1456 Compleyne ne coude (Add 16165)3 : Compleyne ne koude, ne might myn hert neuer My peynes halue..Thaughe that I shoulde in youre presence ben euer.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)48/156 : Aȝens god ȝe don amys, his byddyng yf ȝe xuld for-sake.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)171/33 : And thow schuldyst algatis attempt be þine owne rede, do it noȝt tylle þe tyme þat þe nwe moone be growyn so myche, [etc.].
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1115 : Þauȝ ych schulde be slawe, Bykere of hem Y woll abyde.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)579 : Schulde ȝe suffre my lord..To haue suche a deth..alle thys world schal speke of ȝowre cowrdyse.
d
- 1122 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1122 : Saedon þat hi sægon on norð east fir micel..& se wolcne..faht þær to geanes swilc hit scolde a cwencen.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2027 : Ure laffdiȝ..wass weddedd forþi þatt ȝho Þa shollde ben wiþþ childe, Þohh þatt itt nohht ne shollde ben O faderr hallfe streonedd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17529 : Whi seȝȝde Crist till Nicodem Þatt..Godd..Swa lufede þiss middellærd..tatt he sennde Hiss aȝhenn Sune..To þolenn dæþ o rode, Alls iff he shollde lesenn ut Þe middellærd off helle?
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1781 : Þei þai alle hong schold, Wiþ Fortiger be þai nold.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3492 : Ne moore labour myghte in werre endure Was noon, thogh al this world men sholde seke.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1980 : Ther ran a rumbel in a swough As thogh a storm sholde bresten euery bough.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.931 : He was, if men sholde hym discryue, Oon of the beste farynge man on lyue.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4434 : Þey..behelde me as they shuld me knowe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.872 : Tho gan sely Troilus for to quake As though men sholde han led hym into helle.
- (1441-2) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12127 : They wratte to me that yf we sould make that eschannge hyt war lykly to turn to greytt schaythe.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)69 : Þe sschip..Ouer wilde wawes..wende as alle walte scholde.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)17 : The Iuges seiden he moste be connynge of moche thynge yef he shulde saue his moder.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10795 : Þai drepit in dole, as þai degh shuld.
18.
As modal auxiliary expressing hypothesis or future contingency in clause with indefinite relative pronoun as subj., relative clause with indefinite antecedent, etc.: should (do sth.), would, might: (a) present form; also with implied inf. [quot.: Orm., 2nd] and with past meaning [quot.: c1390]; ~ willen; (b) past form with present meaning; also with implied inf. [last quot.]; (c) past form with past meaning.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.95 : Whase wilenn shall þiss boc Efft oþerr siþe writenn, Himm bidde icc þatt het write rihht.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1205 : Forrþi sinndenn alle þa Þatt shulenn inntill helle Effnedd wiþþ gæt.
- c1300 Body & S.(5) (LdMisc 108)p.47 : Aby yt þat abyȝe schal!
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)305 : Alle ðo ðe of hem sule cumen, Sulen ermor in blisse wunen.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)93/2 : Huo þet ssel drinke..of þe wetere þet ich wylle y[e]ue him, hi ssel become a welle, [etc.].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.9.6 : Who so euer schall schede mannus blode, þe blode of hym schall be sched.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.23.12 : He that shal hie hym self, shal be mekid.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 10.43 : Who euere schal wolle be maad more, schal be ȝoure mynystre.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 11.5 : Who of ȝou schal haue a frend..And he withynne forth answeringe seye, [etc.].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Jas.3.4 : Shippes..ben born aboute of a litel gouernayle, where the bire of a man dressinge shal wole.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.731 : Who so shal telle a tale after a man, He moot reherce as neigh as euere he kan Euerich a word.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.1931 : Of wrastlyng was ther noon his peer Ther any ram shal stonde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.371 : What man that stonde schal therinne, He stant up evene unto the chinne.
- (1417-18) EEWills38/22 : Eny goude þat schele be solde, yt ys my wyll þat Wyllyam Aluowe haue it.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.18.4 : The soule that shal synne, the ilk shal die.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)254 : We ouȝte be just anentis þee in paing what euer we schule biheeste in promysse.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)576 : Whoso shal so many a storye telle, Sey shortly.
- c1450 Gt.Chron.(Gldh 3313)134 : The other that shull willen..dwellen in the obeissaunce..shull..enjoyen here goodes.
- a1450 Þu wost wol (Sln 2593)p.322 : Loke thou haue this gys Quatsumeuere thou xalt doo.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)22 : Alle tho thate this boke shul se sholde the rather kepe hem from synne.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)15 : Who some euer schall retayle any tunne or pype..he schall rakyn the tunne but xii xx gallounes.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)47/11 : Vnwreon hit..nawt to þeo þe hit schulden smeallen & heatien þet fulðe.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)88/19 : Who-so schuld be onid vnto hym, it behouiþ to be in soþfastnes & deepnes of spirit.
- c1475 Long wilbe (Hrl 2251)8 : Who-so that in suche a vessel these tranes shulde, Rest he ne may.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.31.77a : Al thing þat we schuld do or say schuld be alle tymes good.
c
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.249 : Ther as profit sholde arise, Curteys he was and lowely of seruyse.
- (1445) Paston (EETS)1.27 : He seyde manie tymis that ho so euer schuld dwelle at Paston, schulde have nede to conne defende hymselfe.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)17.19 : Where herd euer any man..þat any body in his deth what passioun þat euer he shuld suffre shuld be denyghed his cloþes?
19.
As modal auxiliary in temporal clause with whan, thanne, etc.: will (do sth.), would, etc.: (a) present form; ~ mouen; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) past form with present meaning; (d) past form with past meaning.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6128 : All þe birrþ bitæchenn itt Þe preost..Onnȝæn þatt he shall shrifenn þe.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)83 : Al so hali scrift bið in ure wunde hwan we scale festen and fleis bileuen.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)20 : Þe wel ne doð þe hwile þe ho muȝen, wel oft hit schal rowen þenne ȝe mawen sculen and repen þet ho er sowen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1968 : Ær ich þe slæ mid mine spere, ar þu hit sule aȝen.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)13/12 : Alswa ȝe schule don hwen þe preost halt hit up ed te measse ant biuore þe confiteor hwen ȝe schule beon ihuslet.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2233 : Ai sal beniamin wið me bi-lewen, Ðor-quiles ic sal on werlde liuen.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)86 : Wilde bestes me willez togrinde Or ani man me sschulle finde.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)34.20 : Lord, whan þou shalt loke to me, stablis my soule fram her wickednes.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.11.26 : How ofte euere ȝe schulen ete this breed..ȝe schulen schewe the deeth of the Lord.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1134 : It were to thee..no greet honour For to be fals..To me that am thy cosyn..Ysworn..That neuere for to dyen in the peyne, Til that the deeth departe shal vs tweyne.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3857 : Þan sal þou serue me seuen yeir, Ar þou sal haue mi doghter dere.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24241 : In mi sted þou sal haf an..To serue þe..Quils þou sal lengen here.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2902 : Damoysels makeþ mournyng Whan her leues shullen make partyng.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)2616 : In erthe sal duelle þe bodis alle, Until þat dredful day sal falle.
- (1432) Paston (Gairdner)2.35 : The said Erle desireth that..he may putte hem from excercise..of the Kinges service till that he shal mowe have speche with my Lordes of Bedford or of Gloucestre.
- (1442) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2219 : We sende hym now unto you, desiring..that as soon as hit shall be seemed unto you and hym to be doon we have woord from you.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Mercy es maste (Cmb Dd.5.64)5 : Lede me at þe last, when I owt of þis world sal wende.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2)295 : Ihesu..Schryfte & howsele..þou graunte me bo, Er that I schale [vrr. when we shalle, When we shulle, Whan þat we shullen] hennes go.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)60/86 : He xal up stye In hevyn as juge..Vs for to deme whan we xal dye.
- c1450 I see a Rybane (Clg A.2)14 : Good suffraunce ys full syldene schent Whene weyle and woo a-wey schun glyde.
- a1500 Methodius(3) (Stw 953)761 : Er þe warlde xall ende & hoo Ther xall be reste in euery place.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)9 : Whan y schal schewen myn schrift, schent mote y worþen.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)33 : Þenne þu scalt of þisse liue, nalde hit þe þinchen na mare bute al swa þu ene unpriȝedest [read: unwriȝedest] mid þine eȝen.
- c1390 Cato(1) (Vrn)43 : Whon þou schalt to market, A-tyre þe as þou con.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.45 : Wel come the sixte whan that euere he shal.
c
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)28/17 : Ane bene..ic ȝyrnen wolde..þonne ðeo tid cuman scolde þæt he þrowian wolde þæt ic ðonne þa halȝa rode iseon moste.
- a1325 SLeg.Mich.(Corp-C 145)542 : Þou ssost him seo wel longe smite duntes wiþ þin eiȝe Ar þou ssoldest eni dunt ihure.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1591 : In dale of dol tyl þou schudyst dey He wolde drawe þe to cursydhed.
- a1450 O Man vnkynde (Add 37049)5 : I wolde, Or þan þu schuld þi saule forsake, On cros..deth agayne ffor þi luf take.
d
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)22/19 : Ða hit ða wæs embe ðone timæ þæt mon beames up don sceolde, ða wæs ðam wurhtan..wone anes beames.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)268 : Godess Gast itt haffde seȝȝd..Þatt Godess follc..Aȝȝ sholldenn habbenn allderrmenn & kingess off hemm sellfenn..till þatt..Crist Himm shollde onn eorþe shæwenn.
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)142 : Ore louerd hiet is desciples þo huy scholden a-boute go, Þat huy ne beren with heom gol[d] ne seluer.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2572 : Ðo bad monophis pharaun Wimmen..weren redi bi-foren, Quan ebru child suld be boren..ðe knapes to deade giuen.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.135 : This crowe..countrefete the speche of euery man He koude whan he sholde telle a tale.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)213 : When we sold go to sopere, Þat lady..Led me down into þe hall.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)109/19 : Whanne she shulde trauaile of childe, she sent vnto the collages vnto the holy peple to praie for her.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)50 : Pylat..sware..that and the mawmettes bowed whan Jhesus schuld come yn-to the paleyse, they schulde forthenke yt.
20.
As modal auxiliary expressing possibility, likelihood, etc.: may (do sth., be in a certain state or condition), might: (a) present form; ~ mouen; (b) present form with implied inf.; ~ mouen; (c) past form with present meaning; also with implied inf. [quots.: a1333, Wycl.Possessioners]; sholde mouen; (d) past form with past meaning; also with implied inf. [quots.: 1st, ?a1500(a1471)].
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)16146 : Himm þinnkeþþ þatt hiss herrte shall Tobresstenn neh att hanndess.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)37 : He þe scal reden..hu þu scalt habben cristes freondscipe.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)25/252 : Ne schal neauer mi luue..towart te lutlin..for na deað þet ich schule drehen.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)39/663 : Ihc wene þat ihc schal leose Þe fiss þat ihc wolde cheose.
- a1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)6/104 : Þat ymay byfalle þat ȝe shule slen vs alle.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)107/12 : Yef ous þane gost of wysdom be huam bi we zuo yclensed..of alle uelþe, huer-by we ssolle by zuo uol dronke of þine loue, [etc.].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Bar.6.48 : Prestis thenken where thei shuln hijde hem self with hem.
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)285 : He schal mowe breke his hede.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3926 : I drede sore I shall repente ferthermore.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)7784 : Wher we sekyn lyf immortal, Fynd we shuln a ful cruel fal.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)5/25 : Þenk þat with in a few dayes happely þou shalt be dede.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)625 : What shall this be-mene, be ye now a-rested?
b
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1173 : It is nat likly al thy lyf To stonden in hir grace; namoore shal I.
- (1443) Reg.Spofford in Cant.Yk.S.23253 : We write unto you..prayeng yow..that ye exhorte..as ferforth as ye shal mowe, lay people..to do..theyre part.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)155 : He..shalle be holdyn to helpe at the costys..as farforthe as he goodely shalle.
c
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)6/106 : Þat micte so bi falle Þou suldes slen us alle.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)2/39 : Heuene his heiȝe, and we beþ heuy, Howe scholde we þider þanne?
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)127/21 : He ssolde by ine payse of herte..naȝt ne ssode him faily.
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)116/895 : It semeþ to þis clerk þat þe grete Anticrist schulde come in þe fourtenþe hundred ȝeer fro þe birþe of Crist.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)398 : Where schulde I wale þe..I wot neuer where þou wonyes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3133 : I am ful sore a-gaste Of wilfulnes þou schust distroied be.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)619 : The weddynge and the feste to devyse..It were to longe, lest that I shulde slake Of thyng that bereth more effect and charge.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)86 : Jesu..ȝe come ȝoure selfe schewynge vs the trewe wey wherby we schulde mowe come vp therto.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Possessioners (Corp-C 296)124 : Bi þis prechynge here worldly lif & coueitise schulde awey.
- a1450 SLeg.Silv.(2) (Bod 779)174 : From heuen he [God] alyȝte to betin oure nede, for ellis we choldin eueri brennin in helle-glede.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)26a : Ȝyf þat þou do, perauenture þou sholdist not staunche it.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)75/103 : Per aventure oure enemyes shulde swelle vs.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.210 : Men..settyn stakys..for to strengþin it aȝenys wyndis blastys, for stormys schuldyn ellys brosyn it.
d
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 : He..dide þanne wærse þanne he hær sculde.
- c1300 SLeg.John (LdMisc 108)500 : Men ne scholde him no-þing bidde..Þat he miȝhte do..þat he ne grauntede a-non.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2223 : William..wax a-drad sore, lest eny segges of þat cite hem of-se schuld.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)186 : I dred onende quat schulde byfalle Lest ho me eschaped.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.54 : He hadde..a manere drede Lest that Criseyde..Sholde han ben slayn.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)496/7 : Hur maistres was ferd at sho sulde take colde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)139/34 : Mesemethe..I shold have sene you in the courte of Arthure.
- a1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)54 : Alle muset..quat hit mene shulde.
- ?a1500(a1471) Brut-1461(2) (Lyell 34)63 : The peple..demed that it sholde betokened sum harm sone aftirward.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)124 : I promysyd..To be her protectour in aduersyte That to theym shuld fall opon the see.
21.
As optative auxiliary expressing hope, wish, request, etc.: wish (to do sth.), shall (do sth., be so, etc.); -- usu. in dependent clause following an expression of hope, etc.: (a) present form; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) present form with past meaning; also with implied inf. [1st quot.]; (d) past form with present meaning; also with implied inf. [quot.: c1400]; (e) past form with past meaning; (f) past form with past meaning with implied inf.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)63/12 : Of ðesere godes dradnesse springþ ut an oðer godes ȝiue, ðe is swiðe niedfull auriche manne ðe i-boreȝen scal bien.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)115/6 : Æure hie habbeð hope ðat tu scule habben ore and milce of hem.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)42/19 : Ha mei ec hopien þet ha schal singen..sweteliche in heouene.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)187 : Leteþ þeos bileuen hol and isunde; Ne schullen hi nouht yete þolie none wnde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1097 : I hope to heuene king mi help schal nouȝt fayle.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.580 : I hope that ye shal do me good.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2784 : Þe folk..bad þat he [Lot] suld send þam oute....þai said, 'knau þam we sale' [Trin-C: shale; rime: tale].
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.845 : I hope al shal be wel that is amys.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)636 : Fro thilk assemble..Shal no man werne me to day.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)161 : I hope I schal þe cure.
- (1475) Paston (EETS)1.485 : I hope jt shall be better.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)29/3 : I hope that..they all shall be to thy plesance.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)14 : What shalbe his name?
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)8/17 : Þe þinges þet ich write her of..ȝe ham haldeð..& schulen, þurh his grace, se lengre se betere.
- a1350 Nou skrynkeþ (Hrl 2253)29 : On o ledy myn hope is..whe shulen into heuene blis þurh hire medicine.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2550 : I hope þei schal ȝit.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.929 : Thus seydestow and japedest ful faste..Now may I jape of the, if that I shal.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1059 : So hope I that he shal.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)19/13 : If þei oute schulen..hem bihoueþ be drawen out as an ele out of his skyn.
c
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.210 : Antenor..shal com hom to towne And she shal out, thus seyden here and howne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.686 : Pandarus..did al his fulle myght Hym to conforte..Yevyng hym hope..That she shal come.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.64.1 : Wolde god þou shuldest tobreken heuenes & come doun.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.3004 : I hope that men schuldyn se This lond amende.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)prol.37 : Iapers & iangelers..han here witte at wille to worche, ȝif þei sholde.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.5.31 : I wolde that our tymes shold torne ayen to the oolde maneris!
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)32/4 : I hope þat þou shuldist fynde grete comfort in such deuoute wordis.
- a1500(c1370) Chaucer Comp.L.(Benson-Robinson)85 : I am not so hardy..For to desire that ye shulde love me.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)427 : I shuld rather..renne to my makere, then to the voices of hem all.
e
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Seo kyning..geornde þet he scolde tyðian..eal þis forsprecene þing.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)81/16 : Annas & Caiphas..hine bæden þæt he scolde heom swuteligen.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1132 : Uuolde he ðet his nefe sculde ben abbot in Burch.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)22/14 : Þe underkyng..hine [Christ] bæd..þæt he sceolde faren & his sune hælen.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.133 : Hafe icc turrnedd itt Inntill Ennglisshe spæche Forr þatt I wollde bliþeliȝ Þatt all Ennglisshe lede Wiþþ ære shollde lisstenn itt.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5546 : Heo hine beden þat he heom scolden [Otho: solde] ræden hu heo mihten awræken heore wansiðes.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1913 : He wulde ðat he sulde hem ten Ðat he wel-ðewed sulde ben.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)12/35 : Ha [Christ] wente into helle efter his dyaþe uor to..deliuri..þon þet..storue in..hope þet hi ssolden by y-borȝe be him.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2407 : Boþe..bi-gunne to preie þat god..schuld gete him fro harm.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)637 : Heo bad þis hermyte he scholde hire hele sende.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Deeds 3.5 : He..hopide that he schulde take sumwhat of hem.
- (c1442) Paston2.6 : Ȝe desyreid I schyde sende to ȝow to London.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)772 : I prayed hym to, He shulde besette myn herte, [etc.].
- (1471) Paston2.433 : Bedford desyryd me..þat I chuld goo..wyth the woman.
- (1478) Paston2.425 : My cosyn wold I psuld not depart wyth hym.
- a1500 3rd Fran.Rule (Seton)47/25 : Saint Fraunceys..wolde that they shulde be professed therin.
f
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1725 : Sche in þat tyr was tiffed as sche schold.
- a1400 Cursor (Phys-E)19062 : He thaim bihelde, bot wel wend he Thai sulde him sum charite.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.81 : Cam Crist to be baptisid in water of John, as he shulde.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)11116 : Thei hoped that thei scholde.
22.
As modal auxiliary expressing ability or capability: to be able (to do sth.), can (do sth.): (a) present form; (b) present form with implied inf.; (c) past form with present meaning; (d) past form with past meaning; also with implied inf. [quot.: a1420].
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)90/23 : Prudentia..is snoternes, þurh þam heo [soul] sceal hire Scyppend understonden.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)34/33 : Se forð ha mahen beon istopen in sotliche to luuien þet nanes-weis ne schulen ha stewen hare heorten.
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)16 : Þer [read: Wer] is þi..veir &..Þine palefreis..Ne sal þu nout awei leden.
- a1325 SLeg.Becket (Corp-C 145)1010 : He haþ ibroke is oþ And þat we ssolleþ prouy wel.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3276 : Who loueth in no wise may do well..Of other craft..if he be, He shal not thryue therynne.
- a1450 *Aelred Inst.(2) (Bod 423)38 : Vnnethes now-a-dayes shaltow finde a solitary Recluse.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)408/221 : Who schall nowe here of vs thre remove þe stone?
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.10.6b : Bi on assay, i schal telle þe..how þow schalt knowe þe goode fro þe yuel in þis manere of felynge.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)39/15 : Thow shalt have all-so about the of thy meynyall seruantes and speciall that sholl brynge to the trew report of what is seid and done in thy reame.
b
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)719 : Þe castel..is raddore þen euere eny rose schal.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.416 : Shal neuere chalangynge ne chydynge chaste a man so sone As shal shame.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)8471 : A fole..that to fatte..is..schal not wel flye, no mor schun we witouten fasting & prayer.
c
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)67/1 : Woh þet me deð us..is ura rancun þet we schulde reimin us wið.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)381 : Þe hare..hupþ..suþe coue..Ne sholde he..So don ȝif he þe bet niseȝe.
- 1372 To pleyȝen (Adv 18.7.21)p.4 : Wanne suldest þu pleyȝen betre þan nou?
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.775 : Pacience..venquysseth..Thynges that rigour sholde neuere atteyne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.562 : It reyneth; lo, how sholde I gon?
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.11.42 : How schulde men deme the sothe of any thing..yif ther nere a rote of sothfastnesse..hyd in the naturel principles?
- (?c1450) Paston2.57 : I mak me..redy..be-sekyng ȝow..þat I mythe haf a wyrte..directid vn[to] swyche men as ȝow thyng þat schyd best yife me myn schargche.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)40/160 : No man xuld shete bett Than I xuld do now.
d
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)105/21 : Swa eac ure Drihten lærde þæt we heora onhrynes mid fæsten & mid gebeden oferswiðen scolden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8471 : He þohte wurche þer a werc..þat a sculde ilasten.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)10/32 : Ic sceolde lif holden [nouht u]nleþe he wolde.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8979 : A mace he gan vp lift Þat no man no schuld bere.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)799 : Þanne asked sche..wher sche hade gete hire gras þat schold hire greues hele?
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.199 : If þat a lous couthe haue lopen þe bettre, She sholde nouȝte haue walked on þat welche.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3839 : Sche [Helen] can nat stryue, nor no woman scholde.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)70 : Þer was kyd mekyl fors Who schuld best fend his cors.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1531 : One tre stonding there he ffound; Nyne oxen of that lond Shold not drawe the tre.
23.
As modal auxiliary expressing permission: to be permitted or allowed (to do sth.), may (do sth.): (a) present form; also with implied inf. [quot.: a1393]; ~ mouen; (b) past form with present meaning; also with implied inf. [quot.: a1393]; (c) past form with past meaning; also with implied inf. [quot.: c1230]; sholde mouen.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)30/8 : Ȝif ðu heom iðafien wulle ðæt heo ðone lichame leng dreccen scylon, ȝewurðe ðin wille.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2823 : I take leve, and if I schal, I kisse hire.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2260 : Now wol I graunten..Vnto this..knyght That he shal haue ayein his eyen syght.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)18,24 : 'Ne shal not Blancheflour lerne with me?'..'She shal lerne for þy loue.'
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2003 : I ne vouche That they shull neuer neigh it nere.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)23/18 : Yef sho gas ut a-noþir tyme, þris shal sho be recaiuid sua.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1667 : I graunte..ye shul han better loos.
- (1455) RParl.FA (Walbran)58 : Please it..to graunte..that the same abbot and his successours..shall mowe wage theire lawe be their attourney.
- (1471) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.137 : We haue graunted..that he..schal mowe charge..Shippes..with..leful goodes..to..Caleis.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)646 : In kynges court and dukes also, Þer ȝomen schynne wasshe and no mo.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)749/15 : Þou schall not come here in.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 19.11 : Thou schuldist not haue ony power aȝens me, no but it were ȝouuen to thee fro aboue.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2830 : I wolde Kisse hire eftsones, if I scholde.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)120 : Where is it in Holi Scripture groundid, bi wey of comendyng or of allowaunce, that men schulden or miȝten lauȝwe?
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1509 : He[re] ne scholde ȝe make chace Bot þorow me or þe kyinges grace.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)429 : Why shulden not engliȝsche men do so?
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)782/6 : Thow scholde not haue in me power But yf it were yeve to þe fro a-bowe.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10410 : Ȝiff þatt tu ne kepptesst nohht..to weddenn Þatt wifmann þatt te..bilammp..to weddenn, Þa shollde an oþerr cumenn forþ..& shollde unnbindenn þin shoþwang..&..takenn þa till himm Þatt wifmann.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)66/18 : A mon þe leie i prisun oðer ahte muche rancun..ne schulde ut..ear he hefde his rancun fulleliche ipaiet.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.450 : Wyf ne was ther noon That to the offrynge bifore hire sholde goon.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19609 : Purchest he [Saul] þar breue..If he moght find in ani tun Cristen man, he suld þam lede To iurselem to prisun bede.
- (1444) RParl.5.105a : Kyng Edward..graunted that the saide Marchantz..shuld mowe chese of thaym self a Maire.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)180 : Here fadyr grauntyd..Al hys wyl scholde be done.
- (1467) LRed Bk.Bristol1.17 : Thay..hadd and enjoyed..a libertee..that noo persoone beyng noo Burgeys of our said Towne schold bye withynne the same any merchaundysze.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)730/14 : The Emperour..graunted þat þey schuld be delyuered.
24.
As modal auxiliary expressing hearsay, report, etc.: to be said (to do sth., be so, etc.), be reported: (a) present form; (b) past form with present meaning; (c) past form with past meaning.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.996 : The fame anon thurgh Rome toun is born How Alla kyng shal [vr. scha] comen in pilgrymage.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1725 : What tydyngs heren ye? How seyth men of the sege, how shal it be?
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)2053 : He told hym this and that..'Thus hath he sayd' and 'Thus he doth,' 'Thus shal hit be,' [etc.].
b
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Magd.(Phys-E)p.17 : Sin mas hir unworthi To nehe him that sud be hali.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.797 : He seith hym told is of a frend of his How that ye sholde loven oon that hatte Horaste.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)184/19 : Þis is a comoun tale among lewyd men þat it schuld ben lyk to a man.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)80/70 : Have I herd..Folk..tell That in this land shuld dwell a may The which sall bere a chylde.
c
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1098 : An mere blod weoll, swa swa manige trywe men sædan þe hit ge seon sceoldan.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)71/6 : Þeos wyrt..ys sæd þæt Apollo hi arest finden sceolde.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1553 : Þere is a sklaunder Yleide on me..Þat J shulde ben biȝeten amys.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.856 : John Lyllyng was noysed yat he suld hafe blended plaster or lyme amang his alom.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1067 : Sho was accusid wrongefully That a man shuld lie her by.
- (1472) Paston (EETS)1.450 : Thys daye rennyth a tale þat the Duke off Bretayne sholde be ded; I beleeff it nott.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)413 : Sum men..say..how Gabrell..sayd 'Aue'; And with þat worde she shuld conceyuyd be.
25.
As modal auxiliary expressing an unlikely, improbable, objectionable, or inappropriate condition, a less preferred action, etc.: would (do sth., be sth., etc.), should; -- usu. in dependent clause following an expression of improbability, etc.: (a) present form; (b) past form with present meaning; levere (rather)..than..sholde; god forbid (defend, shild)..sholde, etc.; (c) past form with present meaning with implied inf.; (d) past form with past meaning.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)26/13 : Ne am ic na wurðe, Drihten, þæt ðu swa don sceole.
- a1350 Ne mai no lewed (Hrl 2253)64 : Ne shal hit so gon..þat þou shalt me wedde.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)258/34 : Þet ne is naȝt wyþ-oute ouerdoinge þet on wyfman ssel habbe uor hare body..zuo uele payre of robes.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1495 : First shal Phebus fallen fro his spere..Er Troilus out of Criseydes herte!
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)286/28 : It is outrage þat a persone schal haue to many maneres of cloþing in on ȝeer.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)70 : Thy lynage ys a-yenst that thou schalt be a kynge.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9353 : Wenest þu mid swulche hærme to biȝeten Ygærne? þenne heo sculde don swa ne deð na wif-man: mid æie vnimete halden luue swete.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)53/906 : Wiþ wronge Scholte [Ld: Scholde] ihc hit vnderfonge, Þi doȝter þat ȝe me bede, Ower rengne for to lede.
- ?c1335 Nou ihc for þi (Hrl 913)15 : Man is wors þan eni hunde, Oþer he is to wild and wode, Þat we ssold edwite is worþi wound.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)6794 : Kniȝtes riȝt is it non Þat he schuld fer o fot gon.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2539 : Þei schuld wicche wel ȝif þei a-wei went.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.616 : Me were leuere dye Than I yow sholde to hasardours allye.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1356 : God shilde I sholde it tellen.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.997 : God forbede that al a compaignye Sholde rewe a synguler mannes folye.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1951 : God diffende, haluendel þe sore..euere scholde falle..on eny of vs alle.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.237 : Ȝe..Affermen eke for an impossible Þat Grekis shuld..Dor take on hem any gret emprise.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.353 : Me were levere thow and I and he Were hanged, than I sholde ben his baude.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1064 : That is a fals sentence That thyng to come sholde cause his [God's] prescience.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)50/3 : God forbede þat I schuld..sey anyþing þat miȝt be taken in reprouyng of any of þe seruauntes of God.
- a1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)950 : Hit is aȝeyn þeo lawe Þat heo scholde beo dolue þis dawe.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)157/13 : Heuyn & erde xulde raþar faylyn þan I xulde faylyn þe.
- (1440) Visit.Alnwick176a : Laghe and your constytucyons forbeden that any nunne shulde were any vayles of sylke.
- (c1443) Paston (EETS)1.218 : I sopose þat I xal redelyer have tydyngys from yow herre dan I xulde have þer.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)5251 : Nolde God þat..þou myn eem schost prisone.
- c1450(c1400) ?Clanvowe Cuckoo & N.(Frf 16)44 : Hit is vnlyke for to be That eny herte shulde slepy be.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)6824 : Her herte blood they wolde spende Rather than they sholde offende Her husbondes wrathe.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)51/2 : It is not semly þat he whech is a religious man..schuld excite oþir folk to fleschly lykyng.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)449/8 : God deffende..that ony of so noble a blood as ye be sholde do me servyse.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)6824 : The bloody dropys..Shewyn..Ther martyrdam..to yiven vn-to the..an exaumplayre..To suffre deth for crystys sake, Rather than thow shust forsake Thy skryppe.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)36/54 : God for-bede þat we xulde do..Ony werke of synful dede.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)67/28 : The sone shulde rathir lese his lyght than Fabricius his trouthe.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)10471 : Hyt ys agenste hys wylle That y yow þe sothe schulde telle.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)773/15 : Gode for-bede Þat I scholde do þat despyte to hym.
c
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1557 : God forbede..that ye sholden so.
- (1447) Doc.N.Convocation in Sur.Soc.113181 : God ne resone wol that they shold.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Luf es lyf (Cmb Dd.5.64)91 : God schylde þat he sulde til hell.
d
- 1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1123 : He sæde þone cyng þat hit wæs to geanes riht þet man scolde setten clerc ofer muneces.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)55/7 : Wolde bliðelicor hier bien unwurðed mang mannen ðannne [read: ðanne] hie scolde forliesen ða michele wurðscipe mang ðo aingles.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)764 : It nas neuere riȝt ordre þat þe sone is fader scholde bete.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)6106 : Moyses..for-bed þat þai Sould vte of hous cum bi-for day.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.163 : Love hym made al prest to don hire byde, And rather dyen than she sholde go.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)17/20 : Where herd euer any man..þat any body in his deth..shuld be denyghed his cloþes forto kouere him with or yif he axid drynk shuld it not be yivyn to him.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)67/1 : He loued bettir to be mastir ouer rychesse than richesse shulde be mastir ouer him.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)745/18 : Me thowȝte it was a-gayne kynde Þat þe son schulde be hyȝere þan þe fader.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10441 : Hit was not lik þat þe lede..Schuld haue killit þis kyng.
26.
As modal auxiliary in dependent clause following an expression of sorrow, wonder, anger, etc.: should (do sth., be so, etc.): (a) present form; (b) past form with present meaning; sholde geren; (c) past form with past meaning.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)35 : Wei þet eni mon scal wið oðerne misdon for þisse worldes ȝifsunge.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)73/15 : Tis is an of þe measte wundres on eorðe þet..monnes sawle..schal beo se feste ifeiet to flesch.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)110 : A wey, þat bitwene breþren ssal be þus muchel onde!
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)182 : Hit is mi wo Lest ihc schulle hit forgo.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)999 : Away, þou foule þing, Þat þi moder swiche ending For þi sake haue schal.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2334 : Allas! lemman, þat our loue þus luþerly schal departe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24123 : Ful wa es me Þat i þis soru sal on þe se.
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)118/250 : Hit rewiþ me That I schal..parte fram þee.
- a1450 SLeg.Geo.(2) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)33/50 : Allas..Þat a fowl dragon sall drynke þi gentyll blode.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)14/7 : Allas, þat such desceyvable wordly graces shal so desceyue a soule.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)5056 : That ye thus sodenly shall goo..I am full woo.
- 1532(?a1400) RRose (Thynne)7567 : Skathe is that Fayre Welcomyng, Without any trespassyng, Shal wrongfully in prison be.
b
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)141/6 : Beo we sorie ðet we euer schulden wreð-ðen swuch feder.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)6803 : Woleway..þat ich euer schuld sen Þus miche rewþe on erþe ben!
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2910 : Alas..þat y schold see þat day to ben an honge.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1342 : Allas..that euere this sholde happe!
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)332 : Me war full wa þi folk suld ger þe dy.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)18767 : This is to me a wondir thyng that we Scholde gon with hem to fyhte.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1037 : Me rewes of thee A Cristynn man þat þou solde bee.
- a1475 A babe is born our (Brog 2.1)11 : Alas! þat I schwld see þis woo.
- ?a1500 This endurs nyght (Hrl 2380)17 : Me thynk greuus Myn child sud lig In hay, Sene he is kyng.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13931 : Alas..þat I lyue shuld!
c
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)88/31 : Næfre ic ær swylcne wunder ne geseh þæt of Judea lande scipen scolden hider cumen.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)111/1 : Þa wiðerwinnen cwædon þæt hit unrihtlic wære þæt se mann þe yfel geðafede scolde bute wite to reste færen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9291 : Ygerne wes særi..þat swa moni mon for hire sculden [Otho: solde] habben þer lure.
- ?c1335 Sith Gabriell gan (Hrl 913)p.162 : Al englis men þat beþ Sore mow wep is deþ Þat such a kniȝt ssold falle.
- a1350(c1307) Death Edw.I (Hrl 2253)68 : Alas! þat he ȝet shulde deye!
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)285 : Sore hem rewe þe kinges blod Þat it schuld be spilt so.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1077 : He was gretly a-greues [read: a-greued]..þat eni weiȝh of þe world schuld werre on his lond.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1519 : So looth hym was his wyf sholde breke hir trouthe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.775 : Allas, it [Troy] falle schulde!
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)30.52 : He Merveilled..That so Manie wyles In A womman scholde be.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)4958 : All gude men had full grett dedyne þat ryȝt suld be so mysarayd.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)312/4 : Fy, fy..that evir suche a stynkyng kychyn knave sholde blowe suche a boste!
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)479 : Allas..that y the serue shulde that daye!
- a1500 Octav.(1) (Cmb Ff.2.38)178/1717 : For schame sche schulde be prouyd false.
27.
As modal auxiliary in rhetorical questions expressing impossibility, unnecessary action, sorrow, despair, etc.: shall (do sth., be in a certain state or condition, etc.), can, could, etc.: (a) present form; ~ mouen; (b) present form with implied inf. [some quots. may belong in 2.]; (c) past form with present meaning; also with implied inf. [quot.: RRose]; sholde mouen; sholde to accomplisshen; (d) past form with past meaning.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)19/46 : Hwu sceal þiss gewurðen? for ic ne cann naht of weres gemane.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)103 : Hwet sculen ordlinghes don..and ta forsworene?
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10935 : Wær scullen [Otho: solle] we bicumen?
- c1300 Assump.Virg.(1) (Cmb Gg.4.27)116/200 : Lefdi..Hu schulle we liue wiþ outen þe?
- ?c1335 Þe grace of ihu (Hrl 913)81 : Alas, louerd, wat sul we tak?
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)53/35 : Huet ssel he do þes wreche þet is þrel to zuyche tuaye kueade lhordes?
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1610 : How schulle we now ous selue gye now ous lackeþ our hed?
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 19.11 : Wheþer þanne alone þou schal mown ben delyuered?
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.733 : Allas, whan shul my bones been at reste?
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11205 : Quat schal i tell yow, less or mare, Bot ihesu crist hir barn sco bar.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.757 : How shal he don, and ich also?
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.66 : Ȝif ȝe trowen not to his lettris, how shal ȝe trowe to my wordis?
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)500/121 : What schall we wrecchis do for drede?
- c1450 As Reson Rywlyde (Lamb 853)81 : Whidir schal y do? Þe tree haþ hangid a king.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)67/29 : What schal we sey mor of his congregaciones?
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)736/1 : How schalle we two do?..I am blynde & þou hart halte.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)62/3 : Hwæt sceal hit eow eft iheræd!
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)90 : Wi, hwat scal us to rede, We þet brokeð godes hese?
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1025 : What sol ich þar mid mine songe.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)47/825 : What schal vs to rede? Ihc wene we beþ alle dede.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)929 : Quat sal me welðes ware?
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)113 : Whet shal þe to rede? Þou hast lore þin cardinals at þi meste nede.
- c1450(?c1390) ?Chaucer Prov.(Benson-Robinson)1 : What shul thise clothes thus manyfold, Lö this hote somers day?
c
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)9 : Hu scolde oðermonnes goddede comen him to gode þe nefre on þisse liue nanes godes ne rohte?
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)965 : Sholde ich for one hole brede, For lete mine riȝte stude?
- ?a1300 Fox & W.(Dgb 86)163 : Wat shuldich ine þe worlde go, Þer nis bote kare and wo.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2179 : Hu sulde oninan [read: on man]..so manige sunes bigeten?
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)214/20 : Yef..alle daȝes ine þe yeare were messedaȝes..huo þanne ssolde erye, and zawe..and oþre erþliche workes to done?
- 1372 Als i lay vp-on (Adv 18.7.21)22 : Wer-offe suld i singge? Wist i neuere ȝet more of þe But gabrieles gretingge.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)83 : Hou scholde I gon with childe with-oute felauschupe of mon?
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)461 : Qui suld I him seruis yeild?
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.946 : What sholde I telle his wordes that he seyde?
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4519 : How shulde he oute?..By me, certeyn, it nyl be doo.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)63/5 : How schulde þan dedely men mowe agaynstande þaire wrethe?
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1513 : What shulde y more telle of this?
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)283 : I am made of a lothly hume..Wherof than shulde I presume To be hygh-herted?
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1256 : Schold Y wonde to wende For hys dentys ylle?
- a1500(a1475) Ashby Dicta (Cmb Mm.4.42)316 : How shold he your ful pleasure to accomplice?
d
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)53/460 : Hwi schulde he for-hohien to wurðen to þet þing þet is iwend uppon him?
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1004 : Why sholde the remenant haue a blame That giltlees were?
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5474 : Allas, Hector..why shuldestou deie?
28.
As modal auxiliary in semantically empty (or nearly empty) uses; shal ben (signifien, etc.), is (signifies, does signify, etc.): (a) present form; also with implied inf. [quots.: c1410, c1430]; (b) past form with present meaning; also with implied inf. [1st quot.]; (c) past form with past meaning; also with implied inf. [quot.: a1400(c1303)].
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)485 : He to gaddre gon o wolde..& behinden he hem sampnen ðanne he sulen oðre strenen.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)595 : Þe eye rounde shal signifie Þat he shal habbe seignourye Of þis rounde myddellerd.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)11 : Whan she sitteþ nye, it shal not be þat she ne shal go about þe mountance of half a myle or more from þennes þat she shal I-pastured.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1391 : Evere as tendre a capoun et the fox..As shal the good-man that therfore hath payed.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)141/742 : Þen schalt þou schaue þe hors forhede also brode as þe striccatorye schal be.
b
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)prol.32 : Summe chosen Chaffare to cheeuen þe bettre, As hit semeþ to vre siht þat suche men scholden.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)869 : I can Lewedly to a lewed man Speke, and shewe hym swyche skiles That he may shake hem be the biles, So palpable they shulden be.
c
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)56/19 : Sume gedwole mæn cwædon þæt þæt heafod scolde ablawen þæs kinges wif Herodiaden..swa þæt heo ferde mid winde geond eall wurld.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.272 : Itt shollde tacnenn Þatt nan wihht..Ne mihhte þurrh himm sellfenn þa Seffne godnessess shæwenn O mannkinn.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1754 : Alisaundrine, as sone as þei schuld departe, swoned.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.19.4 : Befor þat þey schulden go to lyggen [WB(2): ȝeden to sleepe; L irent cubitum], men of þe cyte settyn abouten hys house.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2484 : Wheþer he wulde, or he ne wulde, he toke hym vp, and furþe he shulde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21579 : Quatkin tre it suld ha bene His eldres tald him all be-dene.
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)106 : My bones Eldyd while I schuld cry [L dum clamarem] al day.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3844 : Lyued he ffyue ȝer in pouert; Sone afte..Elydour þorow a wode schold wende ffor to pleye by o ryuer.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)778/3 : Sir Launcelot made hem redy to juste wyth sir Trystram because he sholde nat wene that he were sir Launcelot.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)84 : Þere was no man cowde discryve wheþer of hem shuld be [Add: was] Emperour.
29.
Forms of shulen v. used as nouns: (a) the word 'shall'; (b) the word 'should'.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(1) (Pen 356B)6/225 : Þe futur tens..spekys of þe tym þat ys to com and comys wt þis syn 'schall'.
b
- c1400 Dur-C.Treat.Syntax (Dur-C B.4.19)192/76 : All swylk wordys 'swld', 'cowde', 'mwght', 'wald', 'ware' sal be coniunctif mode preterneperfite tens.
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(1) (Pen 356B)4/175 : 'Wold' or 'schuld' schall serue to þe optatiue mod.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1390 In worschupe (Vrn)58 : Þus þorw monnes false song, Ofte wymmen haþ be schent; Ȝif eny such be in present Stille holde him, I rede, he stell [read:schell] And preise wimmen.
Note: Quot was in t̄el(e n.(3).
Note: MS has "he stell". In 2nd edition, this was changed to 'he schell'.
Note: Add stell to error forms for sg.1 & 3.