fytte
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Here is a fytte of the wight yongemen: And another I shall you tell.
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick
Ye jawe of horse yt wyll not fytte; Yts use ys more sublyme.
From Rhyme? And Reason? by Lewis Carroll
"Now, if I choose, will begin the first fytte of John Bulmer's adventures," he meditated, leisurely.
From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell
"Good friends," quoth he, My daughter Gillian suggesteth: Gill: That's rather good, But, still, I should In prose prefer the rest; For if this fytte Has love in it, Prose is for love the best.
From The Geste of Duke Jocelyn by Jeffery Farnol
So much is told in the first fytte, which corresponds roughly to our ballad.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
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