Chapter 1 of The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Sowdone of Babylone. Early English Text Society. Extra Series. No. XXXVIII. 1881.
Chapter 1 of The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading “Early English Text Society.”
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading “Early English Text Society.”
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading “Extra Series.”
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading “Extra Series.”
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading “Early English Text Society.”
the words of something written
From this reading “Early English Text Society.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 1881.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Sowdone of Babylone.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Early English Text Society.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading Early English Text Society.
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading Extra Series.
not any; not one
From this reading No. XXXVIII.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Sowdone of Babylone.
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading Extra Series.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading Early English Text Society.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Sowdone of Babylone.
the words of something written
From this reading Early English Text Society.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Sowdone of Babylone.
being eight more than thirty
From this reading No. XXXVIII.
Chapter 1 of The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who by Emil [Editor] Hausknecht holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 1 holds 417 sentences of The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who by Emil [Editor] Hausknecht exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who by Emil [Editor] Hausknecht on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 5590 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #48531 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #48531, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 465 minutes of reading across 1118 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 14 chapters of The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
