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Then people...
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Submitted by grano
Source language: English

Then people long to go on pilgrimages and palmers long to seek the stranger strands of far off saints, hallowed in sundry lands, and specially, from every shire's end in England, down to Canterburry they wend to seek the holy blissful martyr,...
Last edited by Francky5591 - 5 March 2010 13:49





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4 March 2010 19:25

Freya
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I don't think it has a conjugated verb, maybe more context would be helpful.

5 March 2010 00:52

Francky5591
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Thanks Freya!

All I got with Google at the moment is a bit longer piece of sentence that goes :

"... pilgrimages And palmers long to seek the stranger strands Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands, And specially, from every shire's end Of England, ..."

http://www.amazon.fr/Canterbury-Tales-Selection-Geoffrey-Chaucer/dp/0140622071



5 March 2010 00:57

Francky5591
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5 March 2010 13:37

lilian canale
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Yes, and the part must have a conjugated verb since this one he submitted lacks it.

5 March 2010 13:51

Francky5591
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Thanks Lilian, I found one not that far off these lines requester submitted!
...and I've reset it to translation, so that it won't last in stand-by for centuries...

5 March 2010 14:20

lilian canale
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24 March 2010 18:27

Aneta B.
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Is this really correct? "wend to seek"? What is it?