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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
abbot
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
abounding
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
afforded
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
all
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
Anglo
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
arts
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
assigns
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From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
beasts
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
betray
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
boar
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
bull
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
ceorl
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
Confessor
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
country
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
day
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
days
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
Druids
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
Duke
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
Edward
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
England
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
forest
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
groves
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
Harsh
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
Hilda's
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
history
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
hundred
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
huntsman
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
incurred
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
King
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
king's
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
kings
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From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
knew
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
land
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
lands
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
laws
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From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
lay
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
less
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
London
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
lowborn
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
made
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
maligned
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From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
man
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
metropolis
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
mighty
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
mild
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
miles
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
more
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
narrating
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
neighbourhood
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
nobles
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
Norman
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
Norwood
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
notion
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From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
odium
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From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
old
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
pastime
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
patches
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
penalty
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
perhaps
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
popular
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From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
rank
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
recesses
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
reign
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
road
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
Rufus
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
sacred
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
Saxon
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
severe
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
skirtednounUS /ˈskirted/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
suburbs
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
thegn
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From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For the Norman kings have been maligned by the popular notion that assigns to them all the odium of the forest laws.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
unquestionably
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From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
violated
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Harsh and severe were those laws in the reign of the Anglo- Saxon; as harsh and severe, perhaps, against the ceorl and the poor man, as in the days of Rufus, though more mild unquestionably to the nobles.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
wild
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Even to this day patches of such land, in the neighbourhood of Norwood, may betray what the country was in the old time:--when a mighty forest, "abounding with wild beasts"-- "the bull and the boar"--skirted the suburbs of London, and afforded pastime to king and thegn.
wold-like
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
woods
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From this reading To all beneath the rank of abbot and thegn, the king's woods were made, even by the mild Confessor, as sacred as the groves of the Druids: and no less penalty than that of life was incurred by the lowborn huntsman who violated their recesses.
wound
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From this reading While King Edward was narrating to the Norman Duke all that he knew, and all that he knew not, of Hilda's history and secret arts, the road wound through lands as wild and wold-like as if the metropolis of England lay a hundred miles distant.
