aby
verb (used with object)
to pay the penalty of.
abye
-
a variation of
aby.
Example Sentences
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"If you can prove a cheat against me I will readily abye it, Sir," returned the beggar.
From The Prince and the Page; a story of the last crusade by Charlotte Mary Yonge
He shall abye it," said the Princess; "he shall dearly abye it!
From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Sir Walter Scott
"Now go we hence," said these wight yeomen, "Tarry we no longer here; We shall him borrow, by God's grace, Though we abye it full dear."
From A Bundle of Ballads by Henry Morley
Yon banded fleet to all the nations teaches He that doth wrong his wrong shall sore abye; The icy monument of Bellot preaches How nobly love can live, how grandly faith can die.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
