Chapter XXV
CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Roger Trewinion
Chapter XXV
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CAIN
And
now
art
thou
cursed
from
the
earth,
which
hath
opened
her
mouth
to
receive
thy
brother's
blood
from
thy
hand.
A
fugitive
and
a
vagabond
shalt
thou
be
in
the
earth.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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CAIN
And
now
art
thou
cursed
from
the
earth,
which
hath
opened
her
mouth
to
receive
thy
brother's
blood
from
thy
hand.
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A
fugitive
and
a
vagabond
shalt
thou
be
in
the
earth.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Art
auxiliary verb
US /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.”
Blood
noun
US /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.”
Hand
noun
US /hand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.”
Hath
auxiliary verb
US /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading “CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.”
Shalt
modal verb
US /ʃælt/
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading “A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.”
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.”
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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 A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
brother's
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From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
CAIN
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From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
cursed
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From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
earth
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From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
fugitive
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From this reading A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
hand
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From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
mouth
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From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
now
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From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
opened
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From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
receive
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From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
shaltmodal verbUS /ʃælt/
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
vagabond
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From this reading A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading CAIN And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.