used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
ance
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From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
aneadjectiveUS /eɪn/
used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading ‘If ye will gang six months away, And sail upon the faem, Then I will gain your lady’s love Before that ye come hame.’
earlier than; in front of
From this reading ‘If ye will gang six months away, And sail upon the faem, Then I will gain your lady’s love Before that ye come hame.’
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ‘If ye will gang six months away, And sail upon the faem, Then I will gain your lady’s love Before that ye come hame.’
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
approval
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
an old word for “before”
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
faem
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From this reading ‘If ye will gang six months away, And sail upon the faem, Then I will gain your lady’s love Before that ye come hame.’
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
obtain
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
gane
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From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
gangnounUS /ɡæŋ/
an association of criminals
From this reading ‘If ye will gang six months away, And sail upon the faem, Then I will gain your lady’s love Before that ye come hame.’
gude
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From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
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 ‘If ye will gang six months away, And sail upon the faem, Then I will gain your lady’s love Before that ye come hame.’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading ‘If ye will gang six months away, And sail upon the faem, Then I will gain your lady’s love Before that ye come hame.’
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
lady'snounUS /ˈleɪdiz/
possessive form of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
lemanry
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From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
nae
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From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
nane
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From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
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 wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading ‘If ye will gang six months away, And sail upon the faem, Then I will gain your lady’s love Before that ye come hame.’
express in words
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
young nobleman attendant on a knight
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
squiresnounUS /ˈskwaɪərz/
plural of “squire” — young nobleman attendant on a knight
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading ‘If ye will gang six months away, And sail upon the faem, Then I will gain your lady’s love Before that ye come hame.’
There's
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From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
walkd
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From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
wedverbUS /wed/
take in marriage
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ‘There’s nae gude women,’ the squire did say, ‘Into this place but nine;’ ‘O well falls me,’ the knight replied, ‘For ane o them is mine.’
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘If ye will gang six months away, And sail upon the faem, Then I will gain your lady’s love Before that ye come hame.’
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading But it fell ance upon a day These squires they walkd alone, And to each other they did talk About the fair women.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading ‘Ye say your lady’s a gude woman, But I say she is nane; I think that I could gain her love Ere six months they are gane.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘O wed a may,’ the knight did say, ‘For your credit and fame; Lay never your love on lemanry, Bring nae gude woman to shame.’
