1141
source:
Nagle
Entry:
1141
Example:
þat hie healfre geweald wið Eotena bearn agan moston. “That they might own an equal share with the sons of the Geats.”
Modal 1:
moston (=must, might)
Modal 2:
agan (=own, owe, ought to)
Gender:
Male
Race/Ethnicity:
White
Level of Education:
Unknown
Home Community, Town, or State:
Unknown
Location Collected:
England (Unknown)
Year:
c1000
Medium:
Written
Notes:
Beowulf line 1085, cited from Nagle, Stephen. 1993. “Double ‘modals’ in Early English”, p. 366.