syke
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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With that she gan ful sorwfully to syke; `A!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
And Pandarus, that ledde hir by the lappe, Com ner, and gan in at the curtin pyke, 60 And seyde, `God do bote on alle syke!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
It neither grew in syke nor ditch,Nor yet in ony sheugh;But at the gates o ParadiseThat birk grew fair eneugh.
From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew
July 31st, by old Kalender, abowt an eleven of the clok Jane was at London very faynt syke, redy to swownd, and in a faynt swete.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
And, lord, so that his herte gan to quappe, Heringe hir come, and shorte for to syke!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
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