vie
verb (used without object)
to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority.
vier
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a word derived from
vie.
Example Sentences
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De onzen, dit vernemende, stuurden eenige schepen om de zuid, die respectievelijk op twee plaatsen vier groote met brandhout geladen jonken vonden en drie, die eenzelfde lading reeds hadden gelost.
To zit down by the vier at night, Is my jaÿ—vor I woon't call it pride,— Wi' a brand on the bricks, all alight, An' a pile o' zome mwore at the zide.
From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by William Barnes
In 1549, he published a work entitled Kraeuterbuch von den vier Elementen, Thieren, Voegeln, and Fischen, of which there have been various editions.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray
We got a back-bran', dree girt logs So much as dree ov us can car; We'll put em up athirt the dogs, An' meäke a vier to the bar.
From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by William Barnes
An' just above the clavy-bwoard Wer father's spurs, an' gun, an' sword; An' there wer then, our girtest pride, The settle by the vier zide.
From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by William Barnes
