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
Torent wold no lenger byde, But sent letters on euery side With fforce theder to hye.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
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
Sone after that, doun in thy bed thee leye, And sey, thow mayst no lenger up endure, And ly right there, and byde thyn aventure.
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
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