3
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From this reading _Stowe MS._, _C._ 6, 3.
6
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
AcademynounUS /əˈkæd.ə.mi/
A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.
From this reading _R. Irish Academy_.
acht
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
aonla
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
aonoidchi
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
arnounUS /ɑːr/
a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
Bec
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
bith
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
brignounUS /brɪɡ/
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading _Stowe MS._, _C._ 6, 3.
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
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Cuchulain
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From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
Cuchulaind
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
Cuchullin
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time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
deedsnounUS /diːdz/
performance of moral or religious acts
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
dom
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
EarlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
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being one more than seven
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
etc
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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
gennounUS /dʒen/
informal term for information
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
https
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
IllustrationsnounUS /ˌɪləˈstreɪʃənz/
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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IrelandnounUS /ˈaɪərlənd/
a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
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people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
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a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
liomsa
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
creative writing of recognized artistic value
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limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
m'airdsgeula
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
mairit
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
the force of workers available
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
MSnounUS /mɪz/
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
From this reading _Stowe MS._, _C._ 6, 3.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
not any; not one
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
nobleadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊbəl/
impressive in appearance
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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PagannounUS /ˈpeɪɡən/
a person who does not acknowledge your god
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a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading _R. Irish Academy_.
rabar
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
reck
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From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
ReidnounUS /riːd/
Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796)
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
SaganounUS /ˈsɑːɡə/
a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
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being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
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used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
estrangement from god
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
spannounUS /spæn/
the complete duration of something
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
StephennounUS /ˈstiːvən/
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
StowenounUS /stoʊ/
United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
From this reading _Stowe MS._, _C._ 6, 3.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Though the span of my life were but for a day,” Cuchulain said, “little should I reck of that, if but my noble deeds might be remembered among men.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
és
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From this reading With Eight Illustrations by Stephen Reid “Bec a brig liomsa sin,” ar Cuchulaind, “gen go rabar acht aonla no aonoidchi ar bith acht go mairit m’airdsgeula dom és.”
