used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
abideverbUS /əˈbaɪd/
dwell
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.”
travel across or pass over
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
deemverbUS /diːm/
keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
From this reading Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
farenounUS /fer/
an agenda of things to do
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
frozenadjectiveUS /ˈfroʊzən/
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
liefer
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From this reading He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.”
meseemeth
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From this reading Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
spake
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From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
ThiefnounUS /θiːf/
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
untrustworthyadjectiveUS /ənˈtrʌstwɜːrði/
not worthy of trust or belief
From this reading Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
unwarilyadverb
without heed or caution
From this reading Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
