swich
Americannoun
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Thenk which oon he is, And in what plyt he lyth; com of anoon; Thenk al swich taried tyd, but lost it nis!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
But al to litel, weylaway the whyle, Lasteth swich Ioye, y-thonked be Fortune!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
For ye, that been of torment in swich rage, May to no long prologe as now entende; And her-upon ye may answere him sende.
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Of hir delyt, or Ioyes oon the leste 1310 Were impossible to my wit to seye; But iuggeth, ye that han ben at the feste, Of swich gladnesse, if that hem liste pleye!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Poor Sir Henry,— See, whiche braunes hath this gentil Preest, So greet a nekke, and swich a large breest!
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
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