Chapter 9 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 is here in full — 11 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 is here in full — 11 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
enchantment he was taken and led into a castle. and how Sir Launcelot fought with the knight. daughter, and how he made his complaint to her father. met with Sir Turquine leading Sir Gaheris. Gaheris deliver all the prisoners.
Chapter 9 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 is here in full — 11 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “enchantment he was taken and led into a castle.”
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
From this reading “daughter, and how he made his complaint to her father.”
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
From this reading “Gaheris deliver all the prisoners.”
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
From this reading “enchantment he was taken and led into a castle.”
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “and how Sir Launcelot fought with the knight.”
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading “and how Sir Launcelot fought with the knight.”
indicating the most important performer or role
From this reading “met with Sir Turquine leading Sir Gaheris.”
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “Gaheris deliver all the prisoners.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading enchantment he was taken and led into a castle.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Gaheris deliver all the prisoners.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading enchantment he was taken and led into a castle.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading enchantment he was taken and led into a castle.
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
From this reading daughter, and how he made his complaint to her father.
a female human offspring
From this reading daughter, and how he made his complaint to her father.
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
From this reading Gaheris deliver all the prisoners.
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
From this reading enchantment he was taken and led into a castle.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading daughter, and how he made his complaint to her father.
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading and how Sir Launcelot fought with the knight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading met with Sir Turquine leading Sir Gaheris.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading enchantment he was taken and led into a castle.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading daughter, and how he made his complaint to her father.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading daughter, and how he made his complaint to her father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading and how Sir Launcelot fought with the knight.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading enchantment he was taken and led into a castle.
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading and how Sir Launcelot fought with the knight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading and how Sir Launcelot fought with the knight.
indicating the most important performer or role
From this reading met with Sir Turquine leading Sir Gaheris.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading enchantment he was taken and led into a castle.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading daughter, and how he made his complaint to her father.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading met with Sir Turquine leading Sir Gaheris.
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading Gaheris deliver all the prisoners.
term of address for a man
From this reading and how Sir Launcelot fought with the knight.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading enchantment he was taken and led into a castle.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading and how Sir Launcelot fought with the knight.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading daughter, and how he made his complaint to her father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading met with Sir Turquine leading Sir Gaheris.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading enchantment he was taken and led into a castle.
in the company of; together with
From this reading and how Sir Launcelot fought with the knight.
Chapter 9 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Thomas, Sir, -1471 Malory holds 11 sentences, grouped into 3 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 11 sentences of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
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