used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading An a dame you seem to be.'
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An a dame you seem to be.'
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading An a dame you seem to be.'
earlier than; in front of
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
bonnyadjectiveUS /ˈbɑːni/
very pleasing to the eye
From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
a youthful male person
From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
damenounUS /deɪm/
informal terms for a (young) woman
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
a female human offspring
From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
earldome
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From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
fa'n
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From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
father'snounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
feedingnounUS /ˈfiːdɪŋ/
the act of consuming food
From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
flocknounUS /flɑːk/
a church congregation guided by a pastor
From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
garnounUS /ɡɑːr/
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
hamenoun
stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces
From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
I'm
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From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
Intill
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From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
keepit
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From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
king'snounUS /kɪŋz/
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
a polite name for any woman
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
go away from a place
From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
take in marriage
From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
Nae
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From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
nouriship
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From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
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 O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
Oliphant
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From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
provideverbUS /prəˈvaɪd/
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
quikly
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From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
sal
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From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
Scotlan
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From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
ScotsmannounUS /ˈskɑːtsmən/
a native or inhabitant of Scotland
From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading An a dame you seem to be.'
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
She's
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From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
shippin
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From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An a dame you seem to be.'
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
Untill
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From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
whan
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From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
what's
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From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
winoun
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
Willy
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From this reading The may she keepit the bonny boy, An Willy led his lady, Untill they took their fair shippin, Then quikly hame came they.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading 'An ye sal get a nouriship Intill an earldome, An I will gar provide for the To marry some brave Scotsman.'
ye've
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From this reading 'O I'm Dame Oliphant, the king's daughter, Nae doubt but ye've heard o me; Will you leave your father's flock feeding, An go to Scotlan wi me?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading An a dame you seem to be.'
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O whan she came the lady before, She's fa'n down on her knee: 'O what's your will wi me, my dame?
