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shalbe

shalbe contraction: shall be.

Contraction

shalbe

  1. (contraction, obsolete) shall be
    • Away, away, no time ſhalbe omitted, / That will be time and may by vs befitted.c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby...
    • The wombe ſhall forget him, the worme ſhall feed ſweetly on him, hee ſhall be no more remembred, and wickednes ſhalbe broken as a tree.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 24:20, column 2

Questions about shalbe

What does shalbe mean?
Shalbe means shall be.
What part of speech is shalbe?
Shalbe is a contraction.

Words near shalbe in the dictionary

  1. Shalabi
  2. Shalabis
  3. Shalagrama
  4. Shalako
  5. shalas
  6. shalbe
  7. Shalbourne
  8. shalder
  9. shalders
  10. Shaldon
  11. shale

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