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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
ane
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
beams
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
bed
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
blumis
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
bonilie
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
breathless
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From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
called
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
cheek
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
clay
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From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
cold
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
cumli
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
ELFINLAND
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From this reading ELFINLAND WOOD.
Erl
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
fatal
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From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
full
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
grai
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
graithit
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
grass-green
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From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
grave
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
gude
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
hawthorn
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
hied
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From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
laid
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
lark
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
lay
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From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
lemis
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
limb
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
loud
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
Margaret's
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From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
Merrie
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
more
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
munelicht
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
muntit
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
Pale
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
place
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From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
quaked
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
raving
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
red
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
rosy
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
sea
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
smiled
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
sore
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
spoke
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
stede
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
stretched
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From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
sung
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
Swa
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
Then
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
thrice
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
tree
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
turf
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From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
weid
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From this reading Erl William has muntit his gude grai stede, (Merrie lemis munelicht on the sea,) And graithit him in ane cumli weid, (Swa bonilie blumis the hawthorn tree.)
wept
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
William
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From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The lark sung loud; the morning smiled, With beams of rosy red: Pale William quaked in every limb, And raving left his bed.
WOOD
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From this reading ELFINLAND WOOD.
word
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From this reading And thrice he called on Margaret's name, And thrice he wept full sore: Then laid his cheek to her cold grave, And word spoke never more.
wrapped
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From this reading He hied him to the fatal place Where Margaret's body lay: And stretched him on the grass-green turf That wrapped her breathless clay.
