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Chapter XII
The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast. So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?” He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.” So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water. Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
Reading 1/2 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading “So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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”, 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 important story-specific word used in this passage
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 important story-specific word used in this passage
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?””
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.”
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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.
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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?”
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From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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 important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
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.”
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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.”
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From this reading Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He said he had liefer go; and the king said: “Then am I the more content.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
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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?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So the king spake to Thief: “Wilt thou fare with us, or abide at home?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The tale tells that on a time King Ring and the queen, and a great company, would go to a feast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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.
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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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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 important story-specific word used in this passage
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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then said Thief: “I deem this ice untrustworthy; meseemeth ye fare unwarily.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So they went on their ways, and had to cross a certain frozen water.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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.”
