swich
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But al to litel, weylaway the whyle, Lasteth swich Ioye, y-thonked be Fortune!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Sone after this, though it no nede were, Whan she swich othes as hir list devyse Hadde of him take, hir thoughte tho no fere, Ne cause eek non, to bidde him thennes ryse.
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
And Palamon, that hath swich love to me,
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
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
She was right swich to seen in hir visage As is that wight that men on bere binde; Hir face, lyk of Paradys the image, Was al y-chaunged in another kinde.
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
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