swich
Americannoun
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To Troilus right wonder wel with-alle Gan for to lyke hir meninge and hir chere, Which somdel deynous was, for she leet falle 290 Hir look a lite a-side, in swich manere, Ascaunces, `What!
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
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
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
Can Chaucer's children swich words hear, and rest?
From The Belles of Canterbury A Chaucer Tale Out of School by Stewart, Anna Bird
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