sculan

Old English

verb
Definitions
  • (auxiliary) should
  • (auxiliary) must
  • to be supposed to do something (used like "supposedly" or "they say...")
  • (transitive) to owe
  • (auxiliary) will (indicating the future)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skulaną (owe) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (owe, be obligated, be guilty, cut, be under obligation, split, shall, sound, must, ring, resound).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*skel-

Gloss

owe, be obligated, be guilty, cut, be under obligation, split, shall, sound, must, ring, resound

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

輪

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