Example Sentences

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The scribe did not understand the obsolescent word fawe or faye, so he wrote the nearest word to it to make sense, I-told = ‘held, considered.’

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

Freres they ben, and monkes, in gode faye: Alas for rewth! grete dole it is to sene, To se hem thus bewaile and sory bene.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

Now, by my faye," sayd jollye Robin, "A sweaven I had this night; I dreamt me of tow wighty yemen, That fast with me can fight.

From The Book of Old English Ballads by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Now by my faye, said jollye Robin, A sweaven1 I had this night; I dreamt me of tow mighty yemen That fast with me can fight.’

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank

Hir grewe hundis fillide with dere blode; Hir rachis couplede, by my faye; 185 Scho blewe hir home with mayne and mode, Vnto the castelle scho tuk the waye.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various