Chapter IV
GUENDOLEN. Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow. LOCRINE. But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward. Was thy meaning so?
Locrine: A Tragedy
Chapter IV
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GUENDOLEN.
Locrine,
Thou
art
welcome
as
the
sun
to
fields
of
snow.
LOCRINE.
But
hardly
would
they
hail
the
sun
whose
face
Dissolves
them
deathward.
Was
thy
meaning
so?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Line 1
GUENDOLEN.
Line 2
Locrine,
Thou
art
welcome
as
the
sun
to
fields
of
snow.
Line 3
LOCRINE.
Line 4
But
hardly
would
they
hail
the
sun
whose
face
Dissolves
them
deathward.
Line 5
Was
thy
meaning
so?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Art
auxiliary verb
US /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.”
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Was thy meaning so?”
Whose
determiner
US /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading “But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward.”
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artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward.
deathward
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From this reading But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward.
Dissolves
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From this reading But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward.
face
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From this reading But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward.
fields
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From this reading Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.
GUENDOLEN
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From this reading GUENDOLEN.
hail
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hardly
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From this reading But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward.
Locrine
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From this reading Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.
meaning
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From this reading Was thy meaning so?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.
snow
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From this reading Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Was thy meaning so?
sun
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From this reading Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward.
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Was thy meaning so?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.
Wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was thy meaning so?
welcome
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From this reading Locrine, Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But hardly would they hail the sun whose face Dissolves them deathward.