Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	king_n	lord_n	send_v	6,556	5	5.8198	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18559	The lyf so short the craft so lo[n]ge to lerne; Parliament of fowls	Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.	1477 (1480)	STC 5091; ESTC S108760	15,825	50

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