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adjustment
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
all
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From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
assembled
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From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
assembly
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From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
band
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From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
came
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From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
Caradoc
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From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
chafing
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From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
chiefs
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From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
comparatively
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
concourse
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From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
decree
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From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
depended
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From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
earldom
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
earls
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From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
Edwin
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From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
England
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From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
entitled
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From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
Godwin
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From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
haste
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From this reading The Witan was summoned in haste.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
imminence
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From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Witan was summoned in haste.
inlawry
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From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
insignificant
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
kingdom
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
larger
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From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
made
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From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
members
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From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
men
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
met
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From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
mighty
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
minds
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
Morcar
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From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
Now
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From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
Oxford
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From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
peace
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From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
spiritual
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From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
succession
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
summoned
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From this reading The Witan was summoned in haste.
temporal
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From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Witan was summoned in haste.
There
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
ThitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
uppermost
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
viz
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From this reading There was but one thought uppermost in the minds of men, to which the adjustment of an earldom, however mighty, was comparatively insignificant--viz., the succession of the kingdom.
vote
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From this reading The imminence of the time made the concourse of members entitled to vote in the assembly even larger than that which had met for the inlawry of Godwin.
Wales
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From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Witan was summoned in haste.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Now, all the great chiefs, spiritual and temporal, assembled in Oxford for the decree of that Witan on which depended the peace of England.
wild
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From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
Witan
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From this reading The Witan was summoned in haste.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
young
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From this reading Thither came the young earls Morcar and Edwin, but Caradoc, chafing at the thought of peace, retired into Wales with his wild band.
