- a variation of sike.
syke
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Tho Troilus gan sorwfully to syke, 1170 Lest she be wrooth, him thoughte his herte deyde; And seyde, `Allas!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
And Pandarus, that ledde hir by the lappe, Com ner, and gan in at the curtin pyke, 60 And seyde, `God do bote on alle syke!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
There is an old laconic expression, “Witham pike, none like,” which is only a condensed form of an older adage, Ancholme eels, and Witham pike, In all the world there’s none syke.
From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway
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