used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
abideverbUS /əˈbaɪd/
dwell
From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Then did I range the world so wide, wandering about the knoes, Cursing the boy that helpëd me to fold my dadyes ewes.
allurenounUS /əˈlʊr/
the power to entice or attract through personal charm
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
backe
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From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
bangd
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From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
beene
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From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
beguilëd
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From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
bellynounUS /ˈbeli/
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
inflected form of “bear” — have
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
a youthful male person
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
CursingverbUS /ˈkɜːrsɪŋ/
-ing form of “curse” — utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading Then did I range the world so wide, wandering about the knoes, Cursing the boy that helpëd me to fold my dadyes ewes.
dadyes
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From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
Danby
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From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
dearely
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From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
doores
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From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
ewesnounUS /juːz/
plural of “ewe” — a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
excell
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From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
foldnounUS /foʊld/
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
From this reading Then did I range the world so wide, wandering about the knoes, Cursing the boy that helpëd me to fold my dadyes ewes.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
goe
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From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
helpëd
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From this reading Then did I range the world so wide, wandering about the knoes, Cursing the boy that helpëd me to fold my dadyes ewes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
knoes
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From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
for more time
From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
lovëd
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From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
milkingverbUS /ˈmɪlkɪŋ/
-ing form of “milk” — take milk from female mammals
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
not any; not one
From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
on one occasion
From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
plural of “parent” — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
peere
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From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
prince'snounUS /ˈprɪnsɪz/
possessive form of “prince” — a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
From this reading Then did I range the world so wide, wandering about the knoes, Cursing the boy that helpëd me to fold my dadyes ewes.
shepherdsnounUS /ˈʃepərdz/
plural of “shepherd” — a clergyman who watches over a group of people
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading ‘When once I felt my belly swell, no longer might I abide; My mother put me out of doores, and bangd me backe and side.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Then did I range the world so wide, wandering about the knoes, Cursing the boy that helpëd me to fold my dadyes ewes.
swellverbUS /swel/
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then did I range the world so wide, wandering about the knoes, Cursing the boy that helpëd me to fold my dadyes ewes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then did I range the world so wide, wandering about the knoes, Cursing the boy that helpëd me to fold my dadyes ewes.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
up to a particular time
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
usd
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From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
migratory
From this reading Then did I range the world so wide, wandering about the knoes, Cursing the boy that helpëd me to fold my dadyes ewes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘In Danby Forest I was borne; my beauty did excell; My parents dearely lovëd me till my belly began to swell.
at the time that
From this reading I might have beene a prince’s peere when I came over the knoes, Till the shepherds boy beguilëd me, milking my dadyes ewes.
which person or people
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading Then did I range the world so wide, wandering about the knoes, Cursing the boy that helpëd me to fold my dadyes ewes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Then did I range the world so wide, wandering about the knoes, Cursing the boy that helpëd me to fold my dadyes ewes.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading ‘Who would have thought a boy so young would have usd a maiden so As to allure her with his tongue, and then from her to goe?
