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abode
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From this reading Now my abode Behold I burned; For many ill deeds The kings must I pay.”
aforetime
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From this reading And he sang withal: “Frank and free, With my father dead, In Foreness old We drank aforetime.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
all
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From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
Angantyr
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From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
Behold
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From this reading Now my abode Behold I burned; For many ill deeds The kings must I pay.”
Black
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From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
burned
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From this reading Now my abode Behold I burned; For many ill deeds The kings must I pay.”
burning
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From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
came
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From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And he sang withal: “Frank and free, With my father dead, In Foreness old We drank aforetime.
deeds
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From this reading Now my abode Behold I burned; For many ill deeds The kings must I pay.”
departed
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From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
drank
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From this reading And he sang withal: “Frank and free, With my father dead, In Foreness old We drank aforetime.
Earl
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From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
father
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From this reading And he sang withal: “Frank and free, With my father dead, In Foreness old We drank aforetime.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Now my abode Behold I burned; For many ill deeds The kings must I pay.”
Foreness
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From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
Frank
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From this reading And he sang withal: “Frank and free, With my father dead, In Foreness old We drank aforetime.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading And he sang withal: “Frank and free, With my father dead, In Foreness old We drank aforetime.
friends
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From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
Frithiof
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From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
Frithiof's
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From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
gotten
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From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
Hallward
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From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
heard
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From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
house
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From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now my abode Behold I burned; For many ill deeds The kings must I pay.”
ill
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From this reading Now my abode Behold I burned; For many ill deeds The kings must I pay.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
kings
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From this reading Now my abode Behold I burned; For many ill deeds The kings must I pay.”
liking
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From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
many
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From this reading Now my abode Behold I burned; For many ill deeds The kings must I pay.”
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Now my abode Behold I burned; For many ill deeds The kings must I pay.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
Norway
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From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
now
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From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
old
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From this reading And he sang withal: “Frank and free, With my father dead, In Foreness old We drank aforetime.
Orkneys
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From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
pay
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From this reading Now my abode Behold I burned; For many ill deeds The kings must I pay.”
said
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From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
sang
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From this reading And he sang withal: “Frank and free, With my father dead, In Foreness old We drank aforetime.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
spring
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From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
stead
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From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
things
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From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
waxen
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From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And he sang withal: “Frank and free, With my father dead, In Foreness old We drank aforetime.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But when they came to Norway they heard tell of the burning of Frithiof's stead.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The spring after these things Frithiof departed from the Orkneys and Earl Angantyr in all good liking; and Hallward went with Frithiof.
withal
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From this reading And he sang withal: “Frank and free, With my father dead, In Foreness old We drank aforetime.
work
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From this reading So when he was gotten to Foreness, Frithiof said: “Black is my house waxen now; no friends have been at work here.”
