Chapter 19 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2 is here in full — 13 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2 is here in full — 13 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot. Launcelot, with much other language. Gard over seaward, and what knights went with him. great lords of the knights that went with him. to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot.
Chapter 19 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2 is here in full — 13 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “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 “Gard over seaward, and what knights went with him.”
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading “Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot.”
plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “great lords of the knights that went with him.”
engage in
From this reading “to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot.”
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading “to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot.”
(of winds) coming from the land
From this reading “Gard over seaward, and what knights went with him.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot.”
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading “to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gard over seaward, and what knights went with him.
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From this reading Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading great lords of the knights that went with him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Gard over seaward, and what knights went with him.
plural of “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 Gard over seaward, and what knights went with him.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot.
plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading great lords of the knights that went with him.
engage in
From this reading to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Launcelot, with much other language.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading great lords of the knights that went with him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Launcelot, with much other language.
above and across; more than
From this reading Gard over seaward, and what knights went with him.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot.
(of winds) coming from the land
From this reading Gard over seaward, and what knights went with him.
term of address for a man
From this reading Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading great lords of the knights that went with him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading great lords of the knights that went with him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Gard over seaward, and what knights went with him.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Launcelot, with much other language.
Chapter 19 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Thomas, Sir, -1471 Malory holds 13 sentences, grouped into 3 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.
Chapter 19 holds 13 sentences of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
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