Chapter 3 of Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 1 is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 3 of Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 1 is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Linenotes: 19. _Ar ȝe_ MS. || _juel_] _j_ corr. out of _ȝ_. || 23. _h_ MS.]
Chapter 3 of Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 1 is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading [Linenotes: 19.
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From this reading || 23.
a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
From this reading _Ar ȝe_ MS.
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From this reading || _juel_] _j_ corr. out of _ȝ_.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading _h_ MS.]
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading || _juel_] _j_ corr. out of _ȝ_.
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From this reading || _juel_] _j_ corr. out of _ȝ_.
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From this reading [Linenotes: 19.
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
From this reading _Ar ȝe_ MS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading || _juel_] _j_ corr. out of _ȝ_.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading || _juel_] _j_ corr. out of _ȝ_.
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From this reading || _juel_] _j_ corr. out of _ȝ_.
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From this reading _Ar ȝe_ MS.
Chapter 3 of Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 1 by Joseph[Editor] Hall holds 458 sentences, grouped into 92 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 3 holds 458 sentences of Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 1, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
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