hu mæg beon butan

Old English

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mæġ bēon būtan?

  1. how can it be without
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Lord's Ascension"
      Hū mæġ bēon būtan strece and neadunge, þæt gehwá mid clænnysse þæt gále gecynd þurh Godes gife gewylde?
      How can it be without violence and compulsion, that any one by chastity overcomes libidinous nature through God's grace?