byde
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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‘Ther schall I byde the,’ sayd the Dowglas, ‘By the fayth of my bodye’: ‘Thether schall I com,’ sayd Syr Harry Perssy, ‘My trowth I plyght to the.’
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
My lorde your father he gretes yow well, Wyth many a noble knyght; He desyres yow to byde That he may see thys fyght.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
My trowth ys plyght to yonne Skottysh knyght, It nedes me not to layne, That I schalde byde hym upon thys bent, And I have hys trowth agayne.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
If truthe maie trie it selfe, By Reasons prudent skyll, If reason maie preuayle by right, And rule the rage of will, I dare the triall byde, For truthe that I pretende.
From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Record, Robert
‘Where schall I byde the?’ sayd the Dowglas, ‘Or where wylte thow com to me?’
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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