adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Both father and son valued the horse highly.
arrangedadjectiveUS /ərˈeɪndʒd/
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
Atli
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From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
backadverbUS /bæk/
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
Bjarg
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From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both father and son valued the horse highly.
brothersnounUS /ˈbrʌðərz/
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
broughtverbUS /brɔːt/
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Many other excellent stallions were brought.
brownnounUS /braʊn/
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
cameverbUS /keɪm/
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
darknounUS /dɑːrk/
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
downadjectiveUS /daʊn/
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
excellentadjectiveUS /ˈeksələnt/
very good; of the highest quality
From this reading Many other excellent stallions were brought.
fathernounUS /ˈfɑːðər/
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Both father and son valued the horse highly.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
goodadjectiveUS /ɡʊd/
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
greyadjectiveUS /ɡreɪ/
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
highlyadverbUS /ˈhaɪli/
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading Both father and son valued the horse highly.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
horsenounUS /hɔːrs/
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Both father and son valued the horse highly.
horse-fight
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From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
Keingala's
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From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
Kormak
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From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
Langafit
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From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
manyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
matchverbUS /mætʃ/
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
Mel
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From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
mettlesomeadjective
having a proud and unbroken spirit
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Many other excellent stallions were brought.
peoplenounUS /ˈpiːpəl/
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
racenounUS /reɪs/
any competition
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
Reykir
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From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
sonnounUS /sʌn/
a male human offspring
From this reading Both father and son valued the horse highly.
stallionnounUS /ˈstæljən/
uncastrated adult male horse
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
stallionsnounUS /ˈstæljənz/
plural of “stallion” — uncastrated adult male horse
From this reading Many other excellent stallions were brought.
stripenounUS /straɪp/
an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
summernounUS /ˈsʌmər/
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Both father and son valued the horse highly.
thereadverbUS /ðer/
in or at that place or location
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
Thorgils
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From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
togetheradverbUS /təˈɡeðər/
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
twonounUS /tuː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
valuedadjectiveUS /ˈvæljuːd/
(usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind
From this reading Both father and son valued the horse highly.
veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/
precisely as stated
From this reading The two brothers Kormak and Thorgils in Mel had a very mettlesome brown stallion, and they arranged to match it against that of Atli from Bjarg.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Many other excellent stallions were brought.
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Atli of Bjarg had a good stallion of Keingala's race; grey with a dark stripe down his back.
