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Idylls of the King

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of Idylls of the King is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.
Dead, is it so?” she asked.
Ay, ay,” said he, And oft in dying cried upon your name.”
Pity on him,” she answered, a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”
Ay,” thought Gawain, and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”
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Idylls of the King

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of Idylls of the King is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.
Line 2
Dead, is it so?” she asked.
Line 3
Ay, ay,” said he, “And oft in dying cried upon your name.”
Line 4
Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”
Line 5
Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.”

All words in this reading · 61

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

And

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

answered

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

asked

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From this reading “Dead, is it so?” she asked.

at

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

Ay

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From this reading “Ay, ay,” said he, “And oft in dying cried upon your name.”

be

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

bide

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

But

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

courteously

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

cried

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From this reading “Ay, ay,” said he, “And oft in dying cried upon your name.”

Dead

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From this reading “Dead, is it so?” she asked.

door

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

dying

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From this reading “Ay, ay,” said he, “And oft in dying cried upon your name.”

enow

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

fair

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

Gawain

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

given

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

good

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

greeted

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

have

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

he

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From this reading “Ay, ay,” said he, “And oft in dying cried upon your name.”

him

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

hour

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

I

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

in

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From this reading “Ay, ay,” said he, “And oft in dying cried upon your name.”

is

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From this reading “Dead, is it so?” she asked.

it

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From this reading “Dead, is it so?” she asked.

knight

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

leave

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

let

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

loathe

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

love

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

make

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

man

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

me

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

my

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

name

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From this reading “Ay, ay,” said he, “And oft in dying cried upon your name.”

never

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

oft

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From this reading “Ay, ay,” said he, “And oft in dying cried upon your name.”

on

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

one

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

peace

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

Pity

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From this reading “Pity on him,” she answered, “a good knight, But never let me bide one hour at peace.”

Rode

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

said

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From this reading “Ay, ay,” said he, “And oft in dying cried upon your name.”

she

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

so

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

straight

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

That

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

thought

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

through

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

to

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

troth

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

upon

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From this reading “Ay, ay,” said he, “And oft in dying cried upon your name.”

whom

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From this reading And so, leave given, straight on through open door Rode Gawain, whom she greeted courteously.

will

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

ye

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

you

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From this reading “Ay,” thought Gawain, “and you be fair enow: But I to your dead man have given my troth, That whom ye loathe, him will I make you love.”

your

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From this reading “Ay, ay,” said he, “And oft in dying cried upon your name.”

Chapter 22 of Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson holds 88 sentences, grouped into 18 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 22 of Idylls of the King contain?

Chapter 22 holds 88 sentences of Idylls of the King, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 22 of Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 88 sentences, grouped into 18 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.

How do I study chapter 22 of Idylls of the King?

Work through the 18 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 18 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 22 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 22 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Vocabulary met early in Idylls of the King

Words and structures a reader meets early in Idylls of the King, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Regum
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Idylls of the King; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Arthurus
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Idylls of the King; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Joseph
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Exeter
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Idylls of the King; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.