wyte
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Fro wrathe and enuye wolde I not passe, With covetyse I was bawte also, My flesh hadde his wyll, alas, I wyte myselfe myne owene woo.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme
One small twinge may be all the penalty to-day, when an hour’s deadly anguish shall not pay the wyte to-morrow.
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
In it came her mother dear,65 I wyte a sorry woman was she; "I wou'd gie my white monie and gowd, O bonny Jean, to borrow thee."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
And everych of them a good mantell Of scarlet and of raye; All they came to good Robyn, To wyte what he wolde say.
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick
Ther wer knyghtes and senatowres, Emerawdes of gret vertues, To wyte withouten wene, Deamondes and koralle, Perydotes and crystall, And gode garnettes bytwene.
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies
S'y, we never wyted to hear no more, but hyked awye hot foot.
From A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West by Frank Norris
Ye may thank your stars, Jack, that ye hae ne'er been guilty o' the foul things that he's wyted wi'.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt
"That's the Reiver's mother," said one of the Elliots; "she's ten times waur than himsell, and is wyted for muckle of the ill he does about the country."
From The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott
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