used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading His daughter Unna took all the goods he left behind him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
any thing at all
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading His daughter Unna took all the goods he left behind him.
uttered without voice
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
a female human offspring
From this reading His daughter Unna took all the goods he left behind him.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading FIDDLE MORD'S DEATH.
FIDDLEnounUS /ˈfɪdəl/
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
From this reading FIDDLE MORD'S DEATH.
plural of “good” — benefit
From this reading His daughter Unna took all the goods he left behind him.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His daughter Unna took all the goods he left behind him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His daughter Unna took all the goods he left behind him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
how
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From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
immediately past
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
lavishadjectiveUS /ˈlævɪʃ/
very generous
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading His daughter Unna took all the goods he left behind him.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
Mord
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From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
MORD'S
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From this reading FIDDLE MORD'S DEATH.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
only a very short time before
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
scathenoun
the act of damaging something or someone
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading She was then still unmarried the second time.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was then still unmarried the second time.
sicknessnounUS /ˈsɪknəs/
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
not in physical motion
From this reading She was then still unmarried the second time.
the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His daughter Unna took all the goods he left behind him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She was then still unmarried the second time.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading She was then still unmarried the second time.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
unmarriedadjectiveUS /ənˈmerid/
not married or related to the unmarried state
From this reading She was then still unmarried the second time.
Unna
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From this reading His daughter Unna took all the goods he left behind him.
unthrifty
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From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
precisely as stated
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe.
wastedadjectiveUS /ˈweɪstɪd/
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
From this reading She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money wasted away, and at last she had scarce anything left but land and stock.
