Chapter 8 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Mop_. Then my maister shall not win the shepheardesse? _Aram_. No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long. _Mop_.
Chapter 8 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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propose a payment
From this reading “No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.”
a church congregation guided by a pastor
From this reading “No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.”
to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.”
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading “Then my maister shall not win the shepheardesse?”
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
the biblical name for ancient Syria
From this reading _Aram_.
propose a payment
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
an old word for “before”
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
a church congregation guided by a pastor
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
go away from a place
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then my maister shall not win the shepheardesse?
to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
From this reading _Mop_.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then my maister shall not win the shepheardesse?
not any; not one
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then my maister shall not win the shepheardesse?
precisely, exactly
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Then my maister shall not win the shepheardesse?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then my maister shall not win the shepheardesse?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then my maister shall not win the shepheardesse?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then my maister shall not win the shepheardesse?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading Then my maister shall not win the shepheardesse?
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading No, hast thee home and bid him right his wrong, The shepheardesse will leave his flock ere long.
Chapter 8 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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