AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
Bertrand
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From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
cliffsnounUS /klɪfs/
plural of “cliff” — a steep high face of rock
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
travel across or pass over
From this reading “Holy Cross, Holy Cross!”
the first light of day
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
Didcart
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From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
echoingadjectiveUS /ˈekoʊɪŋ/
(of sounds) repeating by reflection
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading “Holy Cross, Holy Cross!”
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
Isidore's
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From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
Lothaire
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From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
come together
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
the force of workers available
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
open-mouthed
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From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
coated with paint
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
pantingnounUS /ˈpæntɪŋ/
breathing heavily (as after exertion)
From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
go across or through
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
piledverbUS /paɪld/
past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
pinnacles
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From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
a raised horizontal surface
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
racingnounUS /ˈreɪsɪŋ/
the sport of engaging in contests of speed
From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
rampartnounUS /ˈræmpɑːrt/
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
routverbUS /raʊt/
cause to flee
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
SaracensnounUS /ˈserəsənz/
plural of “saracen” — (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
shieldsnounUS /ʃiːldz/
plural of “shield” — a protective covering or structure
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
shoutsnounUS /ʃaʊts/
plural of “shout” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
term of address for a man
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
slainnounUS /sleɪn/
people who have been slain (as in battle)
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
St
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From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
strewnverbUS /struːn/
inflected form of “strew” — spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
in the direction of
From this reading Up the road came Lothaire of the north, his men racing shoulder to shoulder behind him, panting open-mouthed towards St. Isidore’s Gate.
TristannounUS /ˈtrɪstæn/
(Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading The great rock with its black pinnacles flashed into view, the platform strewn with the Christian dead, the narrow rampart piled with the slain.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
which person or people
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Such were the shouts that set the wild cliffs echoing as hundreds of painted shields came up the pass to meet the dawn.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Above, Sir Didcart with three thousand men had fallen upon those Saracens who had put Bertrand and his band to rout and had rolled down the rocks on Tristan at the Gate.
