Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	great_a	young_a	youth_n	129	3	7.9542	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06568	Prologus Here begynneth the prologue of the storye of Thebes	Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?	1497 (1497)	STC 17031; ESTC S120573	68,231	168

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