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Chapter 2 of Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "De Consolatione Philosophiae" is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p. 55). Fr. ceulx de septentrion. _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p. 91).
Chapter 2 of Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "De Consolatione Philosophiae" is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “_Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.”
an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
From this reading “_Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “_Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.”
the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group
From this reading “_Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.”
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From this reading 55).
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From this reading 91).
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
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From this reading Fr. ceulx de septentrion.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Fr. ceulx de septentrion.
an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium
From this reading Fr. ceulx de septentrion.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group
From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
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From this reading Fr. ceulx de septentrion.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
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From this reading _Quos premunt septem gelidi triones._ Alle þe peoples þat ben vndir þe colde sterres þat hyȝten þe seuene triones (p.
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From this reading _Ita ego quoque tibi veluti corollarium dabo._ Ryȝt so wil I ȝeue þe here as a corolarie or a mede of coroune (p.
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