hu mæg þæt beon

Old English edit

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Phrase edit

mæġ þæt bēon?

  1. how can that be
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Lord's Ascension"
      Þa cwæð Maria to ðam engle, "Hū mæġ þæt bēon þæt ic cild hæbbe, forðan ðe ic nanes weres ne bruce?
      Then said Mary to the angel, "How can that be that I have a child, for I have known no man?