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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 AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet was Thorkel a doughty man, and wealthy of goods, and a good skald.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had children together not a few, one of them was called Thorarin, another Thorstein, and yet more they had.
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
called
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
cannot
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From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
cease
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From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
chief
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From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
children
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From this reading They had children together not a few, one of them was called Thorarin, another Thorstein, and yet more they had.
cloak
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From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
daughter
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
doughty
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From this reading Yet was Thorkel a doughty man, and wealthy of goods, and a good skald.
Egilson
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
few
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From this reading They had children together not a few, one of them was called Thorarin, another Thorstein, and yet more they had.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
gazing
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From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
gift
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From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet was Thorkel a doughty man, and wealthy of goods, and a good skald.
goods
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From this reading Yet was Thorkel a doughty man, and wealthy of goods, and a good skald.
Gunnlaug
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From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
Gunnlaug's
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From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had children together not a few, one of them was called Thorarin, another Thorstein, and yet more they had.
Hallkel
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
Helga
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
Helga's
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From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
house
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From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
Hraundale
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
joy
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From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
lived
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
loved
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From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
man
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
married
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
more
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From this reading They had children together not a few, one of them was called Thorarin, another Thorstein, and yet more they had.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They had children together not a few, one of them was called Thorarin, another Thorstein, and yet more they had.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They had children together not a few, one of them was called Thorarin, another Thorstein, and yet more they had.
pluck
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From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
skald
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From this reading Yet was Thorkel a doughty man, and wealthy of goods, and a good skald.
son
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had children together not a few, one of them was called Thorarin, another Thorstein, and yet more they had.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had children together not a few, one of them was called Thorarin, another Thorstein, and yet more they had.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
Thorarin
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From this reading They had children together not a few, one of them was called Thorarin, another Thorstein, and yet more they had.
Thorkel
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
Thorstein
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
threads
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From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
together
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From this reading They had children together not a few, one of them was called Thorarin, another Thorstein, and yet more they had.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet was Thorkel a doughty man, and wealthy of goods, and a good skald.
wealthy
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From this reading Yet was Thorkel a doughty man, and wealthy of goods, and a good skald.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
west
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From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Helga went to his house with him, but loved him little, for she cannot cease to think of Gunnlaug, though he be dead.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But Helga’s chief joy was to pluck at the threads of that cloak, Gunnlaug’s gift, and she would be ever gazing at it.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet was Thorkel a doughty man, and wealthy of goods, and a good skald.
