swich
Americannoun
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This Troilus ful ofte hir eyen two Gan for to kisse, and seyde, `O eyen clere, It were ye that wroughte me swich wo, Ye humble nettes of my lady dere!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Thanne comth the sinne of worldly sorwe, swich as is cleped tristicia, that sleeth man, as seint Paul seith.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
Discreet he was, and of greet reverence: He seemed swich, his wordes weren so wyse.
From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)
For certes swich sorwe werketh to the deeth of the soule and of the body also; for therof comth, that a man is anoyed of his owene lyf.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
I shal thy proces sette in swich a kinde, And god to-forn, that it shall thee suffyse, 335 For it shal been right as thou wolt devyse.
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
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