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Chapter 7 of The Cross and the Hammer is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HIORUNGA BAY. "Forward!" Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief. Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him. "He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.
Chapter 7 of The Cross and the Hammer is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
From this reading “Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.”
inspired with confidence
From this reading “Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.”
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
From this reading “Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.”
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading “Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.”
any red eruption of the skin
From this reading “Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.”
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading “"He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.”
(Norse mythology) mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild; Siegfried is the German counterpart
From this reading “Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.”
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading “"He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.”
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sound loudly
In this reading “Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading HIORUNGA BAY.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.
a person who is in charge
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
From this reading Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.
inspired with confidence
From this reading Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading "Forward!"
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HIORUNGA BAY.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
compacted by ironing
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
any red eruption of the skin
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading "He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.
(Norse mythology) mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild; Siegfried is the German counterpart
From this reading Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading "He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading "He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sigurd gave a groan of dismay, but Vagn encouraged him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jarl Sigvald's war-horn rang out its command, and the fleet pressed on to support their rash chief.
at the time that
From this reading "He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He won't be taken, Fairhair, but will return when he sees the trap.
Chapter 7 of The Cross and the Hammer by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones holds 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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.
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