Chapter 17 of Ludus Coventriæ is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Ludus Coventriæ is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jape, jest. Sometimes, as at p. 118, used in an obscene sense. “Mokkyn, or japyn, or tryfelyn, ludifico,” Prompt. Parv.
Chapter 17 of Ludus Coventriæ is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “Jape, jest.”
designed to incite to indecency or lust
From this reading “118, used in an obscene sense.”
give an incentive for action
From this reading ““Mokkyn, or japyn, or tryfelyn, ludifico,” Prompt.”
a general conscious awareness
From this reading “118, used in an obscene sense.”
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading “Sometimes, as at p.”
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading “118, used in an obscene sense.”
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From this reading 118, used in an obscene sense.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading 118, used in an obscene sense.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Sometimes, as at p.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sometimes, as at p.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 118, used in an obscene sense.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading Jape, jest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mokkyn, or japyn, or tryfelyn, ludifico,” Prompt.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading Jape, jest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mokkyn, or japyn, or tryfelyn, ludifico,” Prompt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mokkyn, or japyn, or tryfelyn, ludifico,” Prompt.
designed to incite to indecency or lust
From this reading 118, used in an obscene sense.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Mokkyn, or japyn, or tryfelyn, ludifico,” Prompt.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Sometimes, as at p.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Parv.
give an incentive for action
From this reading “Mokkyn, or japyn, or tryfelyn, ludifico,” Prompt.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading 118, used in an obscene sense.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Sometimes, as at p.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mokkyn, or japyn, or tryfelyn, ludifico,” Prompt.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading 118, used in an obscene sense.
Chapter 17 of Ludus Coventriæ by J. O. (James Orchard) [Editor] Halliwell-Phillipps holds 378 sentences, grouped into 76 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 17 holds 378 sentences of Ludus Coventriæ, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Ludus Coventriæ by J. O. (James Orchard) [Editor] Halliwell-Phillipps exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 378 sentences, grouped into 76 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.
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