Chapter 7 of For the White Christ is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of For the White Christ is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Bids she not to be wary? For a wolf’s hair I found. Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand. SONG OF ATLI. Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
Chapter 7 of For the White Christ is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bid” — an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading “Bids she not to be wary?”
a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
From this reading “Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.”
an agenda of things to do
From this reading “Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.”
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.”
having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
From this reading “Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.”
any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
From this reading “Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.”
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
From this reading “Bids she not to be wary?”
possessive form of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.”
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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 For a wolf’s hair I found.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SONG OF ATLI.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Bids she not to be wary?
plural of “bid” — an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading Bids she not to be wary?
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
From this reading Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
an agenda of things to do
From this reading Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a wolf’s hair I found.
set up or found
From this reading For a wolf’s hair I found.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading For a wolf’s hair I found.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For a wolf’s hair I found.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Bids she not to be wary?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SONG OF ATLI.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Bids she not to be wary?
a short musical composition with words
From this reading SONG OF ATLI.
having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bids she not to be wary?
any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
From this reading Evening of the following day found Olvir and Gerold returning to the viking camp from a successful hunt.
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
From this reading Bids she not to be wary?
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.
possessive form of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading For a wolf’s hair I found.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wolf-beset shall be the way If we fare on this errand.
Chapter 7 of For the White Christ by Robert Ames Bennet holds 122 sentences, grouped into 25 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 7 holds 122 sentences of For the White Christ, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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