Chapter 21 of Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 2 is here in full — 269 sentences across 54 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 Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 2 is here in full — 269 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
#Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86. Of O. Madden, i. p. xxxviii. #Editions:# Madden, Sir Frederic, Laȝamons Brut, London, 1847. Of the present extract: Mätzner, E., Altenglische Sprachproben, i. 19-39; Morris, R., Specimens, 64-86.
Chapter 21 of Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 2 is here in full — 269 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(of champagne) extremely dry
From this reading “#Editions:# Madden, Sir Frederic, Laȝamons Brut, London, 1847.”
plural of “edition” — the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “#Editions:# Madden, Sir Frederic, Laȝamons Brut, London, 1847.”
remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
From this reading “Of the present extract: Mätzner, E., Altenglische Sprachproben, i.”
plural of “facsimile” — an exact copy or reproduction
From this reading “#Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.”
cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
From this reading “#Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.”
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
From this reading “19-39; Morris, R., Specimens, 64-86.”
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading “#Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.”
plural of “specimen” — an example regarded as typical of its class
From this reading “19-39; Morris, R., Specimens, 64-86.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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From this reading #Editions:# Madden, Sir Frederic, Laȝamons Brut, London, 1847.
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From this reading 19-39; Morris, R., Specimens, 64-86.
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From this reading 19-39; Morris, R., Specimens, 64-86.
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From this reading 19-39; Morris, R., Specimens, 64-86.
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From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
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From this reading Of the present extract: Mätzner, E., Altenglische Sprachproben, i.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
(of champagne) extremely dry
From this reading #Editions:# Madden, Sir Frederic, Laȝamons Brut, London, 1847.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading Of the present extract: Mätzner, E., Altenglische Sprachproben, i.
plural of “edition” — the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading #Editions:# Madden, Sir Frederic, Laȝamons Brut, London, 1847.
remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
From this reading Of the present extract: Mätzner, E., Altenglische Sprachproben, i.
plural of “facsimile” — an exact copy or reproduction
From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
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From this reading #Editions:# Madden, Sir Frederic, Laȝamons Brut, London, 1847.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
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From this reading #Editions:# Madden, Sir Frederic, Laȝamons Brut, London, 1847.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading #Editions:# Madden, Sir Frederic, Laȝamons Brut, London, 1847.
cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
From this reading 19-39; Morris, R., Specimens, 64-86.
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From this reading Of the present extract: Mätzner, E., Altenglische Sprachproben, i.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Of O. Madden, i. p. xxxviii.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
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 #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
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From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Of the present extract: Mätzner, E., Altenglische Sprachproben, i.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading 19-39; Morris, R., Specimens, 64-86.
term of address for a man
From this reading #Editions:# Madden, Sir Frederic, Laȝamons Brut, London, 1847.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
plural of “specimen” — an example regarded as typical of its class
From this reading 19-39; Morris, R., Specimens, 64-86.
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From this reading Of the present extract: Mätzner, E., Altenglische Sprachproben, i.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Of the present extract: Mätzner, E., Altenglische Sprachproben, i.
being five more than thirty
From this reading #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86.
being eight more than thirty
From this reading Of O. Madden, i. p. xxxviii.
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