Gamelyn wente ayein · under woode-rys, And fond there pleying · yonge men of prys.
And loven hem that lyen on us, And lene hem whan hem nedeth, And do goodayein yvel, God hymself it hoteth.
Ac Theologie techeth noght so, Who so taketh yeme; 6000 He kenneth us the contrarie, Ayein Catons wordes.
And though povere men profre yow Presentes and giftes, Nyme it noght, an aventure Ye mowe it noght deserve; For thow shalt yelde it ayein 3880 At one yeres tyme, In a ful perilous place, Purgatorie it hatte.
And if grace graunte thee To go in this wise, Thow shalt see in thiselve 3720 Truthe in thyn herte, In a cheyne of charite As thow a child were, To suffren hym and segge noght Ayein thi sires wille.
She blesseth thise bisshopes, Theigh thei be lewed; Provendreth persones, And preestes maynteneth, To have lemmans and lotebies Alle hire lif daies, 1660 And bryngeth forth barnes Ayein forbode lawes.
Youre justices she shendeth, And lith ayein the lawe, And letteth hym the gate, 1670 That feith may noght have his forth, Hire floryns go so thikke.
And thus thorugh cursed Caym Cam care upon erthe; {169} And al for thei wroghte wedlokes Ayein Goddes wille.
Sidenote: What is most precious in them, quantity or quality?
Sidenote: You have seen the double face of this blind divinity.
For al be it so þat ge{m}mes drawen to hem self a litel of þe laste beaute of þe worlde.
Sidenote: Every one, however happy, has something to complain of.
And þe beaute of feeldes deliteþ it nat mychel vnto [gh]ow.
And whan this riotour, with sorry grace, rioter Hath fillid with wyn his grete botels thre, To his felaws ayeinrepaireth he.
That other man answerde ayein ful bytingly, and seyde: "I hadde wel understonden it, yif thou haddest holden thy tonge stille.
And whan that she had seyd him hir entente, Ther-after wolde he werken also blyve, Though al the world ayein it wolde stryve.
As wolde blisful god now, for his Ioye, I mighte hir seen ayein come in-to Troye.
Thanne quod she, 'I haste me to yilden and assoilen to thee the dette of my bihest, and to shewen and opnen the wey, by 10 which wey thou mayst come ayein to thy contree.
I wolde that oure tymes sholde torne ayein to the olde maneres!
And as these loveres doon, he soughte ay newe To gete ayein Criseyde, bright of hewe.
Which with your cominge hoom ayein to Troye 1380 Ye may redresse, and, more a thousand sythe Than ever ich hadde, encressen in me Ioye.
To hir he wroot yet ofte tyme al newe Ful pitously, he lefte it nought for slouthe, Biseching hir that, sin that he was trewe, 1585 She wolde come ayein and holde hir trouthe.
And of my wo he is so routheles, 230 That with a worde him list not ones deyne To bring ayein my sorowful herte in pees, For he is caught up in a-nother lees.
That ye him love ayeinfor his lovinge, As love for love is skilful guerdoninge.
Dryf out that bittre hope, and make good chere, And clepe ayein the beautee of your face, That ye with salte teres so deface.
As wolde blisful god now, for his Ioye, I mighte hir seen ayein come in-to Troye!
And sin I shal no ferthere out of Troye Than I may ryde ayein on half a morwe, It oughte lesse causen us to sorwe.
The sorwe and wo ye wolden make, That ye ne dorste come ayein for shame!
Now torne we ayeinto Troilus, That resteles ful longe a-bedde lay, And prevely sente after Pandarus, 1585 To him to come in al the haste he may.
How shal this longe tyme a-wey be driven, Til that thou be ayein at hir fro me?
I complayn sore, whan I remembre me The sodeyn age that is upon me falle; 10 More I complayn my mispent juvente The whiche is impossible ayein to calle.
If any man be now, or ever was Ayein the pees thy prevy counsaylour, Let god be of thy counsayl in this cas, And put away the cruel werreyour.
I holde it for no gift, in sothfastnesse, That oon offreth, where that it is forsake; For suche gift is abandoning expresse That with worship ayein may not be take.
And thilke same ordre neweth ayein alle thinges growyng and fallyng adoune by semblables progressiouns of seedes and of sexes.
Bot for final conclusion I thenke a Supplicacion With pleine wordes and expresse Wryte unto Venus the goddesse, The which I preie you to bere And bringe ayein a good ansuere.
Nou lete we this maiden hiere, And speke of Dionise ayein And of Theophile the vilein, 1500 Of whiche I spak of nou tofore.
And thus forth he geth Conforted of this evidence, With the Romeins in his defence Ayein the Greks that ben comende.
Mi Sone, I am wel paid withal; For wite it wel in special 2450 That love of his verrai justice Above alle othre ayein this vice At alle times most debateth, With al his herte and most it hateth.
Thus mai ye knowen be this skile That no Ravine don I wile Ayein hir will be such a weie; Bot while I live, I wol obeie Abidinge on hire courtesie, If eny merci wolde hir plie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ayein" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
