Example Sentences

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I will knight them myself when they are worthy, and give them each a horse and golden spurs.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

“I shall not be a knight because I am not a proper son of Sir Ector’s. They will knight Kay, and I shall be his squire.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Never more, I ween, will knight do so foully as did Hagen, when he bade his faith with the queen.

From The Fall of the Niebelungs by Armour, Margaret