Chapter 9 of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JOSEPH. Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide? MARY. Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide. JOSEPH.
Chapter 9 of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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dwell
From this reading “Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.”
give encouragement to
From this reading “Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?”
informal terms for a (young) woman
From this reading “Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?”
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading “JOSEPH.”
possessive form of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?”
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading “Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.”
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dwell
From this reading Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
give encouragement to
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
informal terms for a (young) woman
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
dearly loved
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading JOSEPH.
possessive form of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Truly, husband, I am here Our Lord's will for to abide.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mary, my wife so dear, How do ye, dame, and what cheer Is with you this tide?
Chapter 9 of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Alfred W. (Alfred William) [Commentator] Pollard holds 378 sentences, grouped into 76 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 9 holds 378 sentences of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Alfred W. (Alfred William) [Commentator] Pollard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 378 sentences, grouped into 76 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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