Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	fruit_n	good_a	word_n	4,456	5	5.3399	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06550	[Explicit liber primus de curia sapiencie]; Curia sapientiæ. English.	Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, attributed name.	1480 (1480)	STC 17015; ESTC S100685	35,056	76

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