Chapter 21 of Mirror for Magistrates, Volume 2, Part 1 is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 21 of Mirror for Magistrates, Volume 2, Part 1 is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MS. [1929] Ever more blessyd mote thowe be. MS. [1930] Wyte well call hym we may. MS.
Chapter 21 of Mirror for Magistrates, Volume 2, Part 1 is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “[1930] Wyte well call hym we may.”
at any time
From this reading “[1929] Ever more blessyd mote thowe be.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “[1930] Wyte well call hym we may.”
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
From this reading “[1929] Ever more blessyd mote thowe be.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “[1930] Wyte well call hym we may.”
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From this reading [1929] Ever more blessyd mote thowe be.
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From this reading [1930] Wyte well call hym we may.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading [1929] Ever more blessyd mote thowe be.
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From this reading [1929] Ever more blessyd mote thowe be.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading [1930] Wyte well call hym we may.
at any time
From this reading [1929] Ever more blessyd mote thowe be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [1930] Wyte well call hym we may.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading [1930] Wyte well call hym we may.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading [1929] Ever more blessyd mote thowe be.
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
From this reading [1929] Ever more blessyd mote thowe be.
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
From this reading MS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [1929] Ever more blessyd mote thowe be.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading [1930] Wyte well call hym we may.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading [1930] Wyte well call hym we may.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [1930] Wyte well call hym we may.
Chapter 21 of Mirror for Magistrates, Volume 2, Part 1 by Joseph [Editor] Haslewood holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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 21 holds 387 sentences of Mirror for Magistrates, Volume 2, Part 1, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of Mirror for Magistrates, Volume 2, Part 1 by Joseph [Editor] Haslewood exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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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