wealdan

-- Under 'wealdan' H. translates _þær_ by 'wo'; under 'mótan,' by 'da.'

Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall

Bona swylce läg, egeslîc eorð-draca, ealdre bereáfod, bealwe gebæded: beáh-hordum leng wyrm woh-bogen wealdan ne môste, ac him îrenna ecga fornâmon,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

II. þät þu hine selfne geseón môste (_mightest see_), 962. -- 2) _shall, must, be obliged_: pres.sg. môt, 2887; pret.sg. môste, 1940; þær he þý fyrste forman dôgore wealdan môste, swâ him Wyrd ne gescrâf, hrêð ät hilde (_if he must for the first time that day be victorious, as Fate had denied him victory_, cf.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Bona swylce læg, egeslīc eorð-draca, ealdre berēafod, bealwe gebǣded: bēah-hordum leng wyrm wōh-bogen wealdan ne mōste, ac him īrenna ecga fornāmon,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

II. þæt þū hine selfne gesēon mōste (_mightest see_), 962. -- 2) _shall, must, be obliged_: pres.sg. mōt, 2887; pret.sg. mōste, 1940; þǣr hē þȳ fyrste forman dōgore wealdan mōste, swā him Wyrd ne gescrāf, hrēð æt hilde (_if he must for the first time that day be victorious, as Fate had denied him victory_, cf.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

See on-weald. wealdan, st. v., _to wield, govern, rule over, prevail_: 1) absolutely or with depend, clause: inf. gif he wealdan môt (_if he may prevail_), 442; þær he ... wealdan môste swâ him Wyrd ne ge-scrâf (_if [where?] he was to prevail, as Weird had not destined for him_), 2575; pres.part. waldend

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

See on-weald. wealdan, st. v., _to wield, govern, rule over, prevail_: 1) absolutely or with depend, clause: inf. gif hē wealdan mōt (_if he may prevail_), 442; þǣr hē ... wealdan mōste swā him Wyrd ne ge-scrāf (_if [where?] he was to prevail, as Weird had not destined for him_), 2575; pres.part. waldend

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879