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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
Air
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
Allfather
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
also
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
answering
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
behold
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Fialar and Galar, the cunning dwarfs who had killed Kvasir, were kneeling beside the tear.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
Canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Can dwarfs weep?" exclaimed Allfather, surprised as he looked a second and a third time, and went on looking.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
cunning
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From this reading Fialar and Galar, the cunning dwarfs who had killed Kvasir, were kneeling beside the tear.
dark
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
darkness
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
day
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
down
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
DwarfnounUS /dwɔːrf/
in traditional stories, a small humanlike being with magical qualities
From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
dwarfs
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From this reading "Can dwarfs weep?" exclaimed Allfather, surprised as he looked a second and a third time, and went on looking.
earth
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
evening
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
exclaimed
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From this reading "Can dwarfs weep?" exclaimed Allfather, surprised as he looked a second and a third time, and went on looking.
eye
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
fate-sisters
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
Fialar
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From this reading Fialar and Galar, the cunning dwarfs who had killed Kvasir, were kneeling beside the tear.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
Galar
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From this reading Fialar and Galar, the cunning dwarfs who had killed Kvasir, were kneeling beside the tear.
gift
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
golden
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Fialar and Galar, the cunning dwarfs who had killed Kvasir, were kneeling beside the tear.
happened
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
heart
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
high
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
Home
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
Jötunheim
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
keen
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
killed
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From this reading Fialar and Galar, the cunning dwarfs who had killed Kvasir, were kneeling beside the tear.
kneeling
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From this reading Fialar and Galar, the cunning dwarfs who had killed Kvasir, were kneeling beside the tear.
Kvasir
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From this reading Fialar and Galar, the cunning dwarfs who had killed Kvasir, were kneeling beside the tear.
large
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Can dwarfs weep?" exclaimed Allfather, surprised as he looked a second and a third time, and went on looking.
looking
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From this reading "Can dwarfs weep?" exclaimed Allfather, surprised as he looked a second and a third time, and went on looking.
luminous
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
man's
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
mountains
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
mounted
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
Now
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
Odin
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
pierced
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
place
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
sat
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
second
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From this reading "Can dwarfs weep?" exclaimed Allfather, surprised as he looked a second and a third time, and went on looking.
see
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
sees
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
silent
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Can dwarfs weep?" exclaimed Allfather, surprised as he looked a second and a third time, and went on looking.
swam
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
tear
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
there
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Can dwarfs weep?" exclaimed Allfather, surprised as he looked a second and a third time, and went on looking.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
Throne
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Can dwarfs weep?" exclaimed Allfather, surprised as he looked a second and a third time, and went on looking.
troubled
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
Urd
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
vision
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From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
weep
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From this reading "Can dwarfs weep?" exclaimed Allfather, surprised as he looked a second and a third time, and went on looking.
Well
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From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Can dwarfs weep?" exclaimed Allfather, surprised as he looked a second and a third time, and went on looking.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Fialar and Galar, the cunning dwarfs who had killed Kvasir, were kneeling beside the tear.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On this evening, a tear, the fate-sisters' gift, swam across his vision, and--behold, is that an answering tear which he sees down there in Dwarf Home, large, luminous, golden, in the dark heart of the earth?
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Fialar and Galar, the cunning dwarfs who had killed Kvasir, were kneeling beside the tear.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now upon a day it happened that Odin sat silent by the Well of Urd, and in the evening he mounted Air Throne with a troubled mind.
world
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From this reading Allfather could see into Dwarf Home from his high place, as well as over man's world; his keen eye pierced, also, the mountains and darkness of Jötunheim.
