10
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From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
15
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
20
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From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
5
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
a-grisen
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From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
abood
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
alnounUS /æl/
a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
anguissous
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
assautes
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
astoned
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
axenounUS /æks/
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
bytinge
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From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
cantum
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
certes
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From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
corages
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
dar
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
defende
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
delyt
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
desirousadjectiveUS /dɪˈzaɪrəs/
having or expressing desire for something
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
ditee
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
elles
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
endedadjectiveUS /ˈendəd/
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
ententif
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
eres
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
felede
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
finierat
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
fro
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
fulnoun
a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages
From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
gretely
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From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
an established custom
From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
habite
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
hadde
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
haddest
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
hemnounUS /hem/
the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
her-biforn
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From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
here-after
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
heren
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From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
heringe
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From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
herkne
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
herkninge
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
hir
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading PROSE I.
Iam
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
illa
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
litel
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
maked
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
the force of workers available
From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
my-self
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
myn
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
nat
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
norisshed
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
and nothing more
From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
PROSEnounUS /proʊz/
ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
From this reading PROSE I.
quod
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
ravisshedest
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
receyved
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From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
remediesnounUS /ˈremədiz/
plural of “remedy” — act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
remenaunt
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From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
remounted
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
precisely, exactly
From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
Identical; not different.
From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
sentencesnounUS /ˈsentənsəz/
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
seyde
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
seydest
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From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
seye
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
seyn
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
seyth
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
sharpe
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From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
singinge
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
sovereyn
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
stille
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
streighte
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
strokesnounUS /stroʊks/
plural of “stroke” — (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
suffren
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
sweetnesse
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
swete
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From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
swich
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
swiche
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From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
tasten
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From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
a special situation
From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
thinges
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From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
thonounUS /ðoʊ/
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
thorugh-perced
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
til
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
trowe
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
unparigal
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
verray
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
weighte
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
wel
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
weren
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From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
whan
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
whiche
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From this reading And tho remedies whiche that thou 10 seydest her-biforn weren right sharpe, nat only that I am nat a-grisen of hem now, but I, desirous of heringe, axe gretely to heren the remedies.'
which person or people
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
wightnounUS /waɪt/
a human being; “wight” is an archaic term
From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
withinne
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From this reading And certes, the remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first whan men tasten hem they ben bytinge, but whan they ben 20 receyved withinne a wight, than ben they swete.
wolde
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
wordes
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From this reading Than seyde she thus: 'That felede I ful wel,' quod she, 'whan that thou, ententif and stille, ravisshedest my wordes; and I 15 abood til that thou haddest swich habite of thy thought as thou hast now; or elles til that I my-self hadde maked to thee the same habit, which that is a more verray thing.
yit
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From this reading _Iam cantum illa finierat._ By this she hadde ended hir song, whan the sweetnesse of hir ditee hadde thorugh-perced me that was desirous of herkninge, and I astoned hadde yit streighte myn eres, _that is to seyn, to herkne the bet what she wolde seye_; so that a litel here-after I seyde thus: 'O thou that art sovereyn comfort of anguissous 5 corages, so thou hast remounted and norisshed me with the weighte of thy sentences and with delyt of thy singinge; so that I trowe nat now that I be unparigal to the strokes of Fortune: _as who seyth, I dar wel now suffren al the assautes of Fortune, and wel defende me fro hir_.
