Chapter 26 of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 1 (of 5) is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 1 (of 5) is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle? ȝone es þe waye, so waylawaye! Vn-to þe birnande fyre of helle. Seese þ_o_u ȝitt ȝone faire castelle, [Þ_a_t standis ouer] ȝone heghe hill? Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
Chapter 26 of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 1 (of 5) is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading “Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.”
botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
From this reading “Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “Seese þ_o_u ȝitt ȝone faire castelle, [Þ_a_t standis ouer] ȝone heghe hill?”
not one, and not any
From this reading “Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.”
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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 Seese þ_o_u ȝitt ȝone faire castelle, [Þ_a_t standis ouer] ȝone heghe hill?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
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From this reading Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
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From this reading Vn-to þe birnande fyre of helle.
botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
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From this reading Seese þ_o_u ȝitt ȝone faire castelle, [Þ_a_t standis ouer] ȝone heghe hill?
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From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
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From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
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From this reading Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
From this reading ȝone es þe waye, so waylawaye!
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From this reading Seese þ_o_u ȝitt ȝone faire castelle, [Þ_a_t standis ouer] ȝone heghe hill?
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From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
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From this reading Vn-to þe birnande fyre of helle.
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From this reading Seese þ_o_u ȝitt ȝone faire castelle, [Þ_a_t standis ouer] ȝone heghe hill?
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From this reading Vn-to þe birnande fyre of helle.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Seese þ_o_u ȝitt ȝone faire castelle, [Þ_a_t standis ouer] ȝone heghe hill?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
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From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
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From this reading Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
not one, and not any
From this reading Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
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From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
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 Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Vn-to þe birnande fyre of helle.
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From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
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From this reading Seese þ_o_u ȝitt ȝone faire castelle, [Þ_a_t standis ouer] ȝone heghe hill?
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From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ȝone es þe waye, so waylawaye!
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From this reading Seese þ_o_u ȝitt ȝone faire castelle, [Þ_a_t standis ouer] ȝone heghe hill?
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Seese þ_o_u ȝitt ȝone faire castelle, [Þ_a_t standis ouer] ȝone heghe hill?
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From this reading Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
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From this reading Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
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From this reading Of towne and towre it beris þe belle; In erthe es none lyke it vn-till.
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From this reading Vn-to þe birnande fyre of helle.
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From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
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From this reading ȝone es þe waye, so waylawaye!
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From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
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From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
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From this reading ȝone es þe waye, so waylawaye!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seese þ_o_u ȝitt ȝone faire castelle, [Þ_a_t standis ouer] ȝone heghe hill?
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From this reading Bot seese þ_o_u nowe ȝone ferthe waye, Þat lygges ou_er_ ȝone depe delle?
Chapter 26 of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 1 (of 5) by Francis James [Editor] Child holds 515 sentences, grouped into 103 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 26 holds 515 sentences of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 1 (of 5), unabridged, divided into 103 reading sections.
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