Sentence
This is a sentence in Middle English. It is composed of 20 items.
rough
Rough - adjective
windes
do
do - auxiliary
shake
shake - verb
the
the - determiner
darling
darling - noun
buds
buds - noun
bud
of
of - adposition
Maie
May - proper noun
,
and
and - coordinating conjunction
Sommers
summer's - noun
sommer
lease
lease - noun
all
all - adverb
too
too - adverb
short
short - adjective
a
a - determiner
date
date - noun
:
Word sources
A quick overview of the meaning of each word and its etymology.
| rough | rough | ||
| windes | winde | Alternative form of wynd | |
| do | do | ||
| shake | shake | ||
| the | the | Alternative form of þe | |
| darling | darling | ||
| buds | bud | ||
| of | of | of | From Old English of, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away; away from”). |
| Maie | Maie | ||
| , | , | ||
| and | and | and | From Old English and, ond, end, from Proto-West Germanic *andi, from Proto-Germanic *andi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti. |
| Sommers | sommer | ||
| lease | lease | Alternative form of les | |
| hath | haven | to own : | From Old English habban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. |
| all | all | all (entirely | From Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz. |
| too | too | ||
| short | short | Alternative form of schort | |
| a | a | Alternative form of an | |
| date | date | ||
| : | : |
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