Now wel,' quod she, `and I wol doon my peyne; 475 I shal myn herte ayeins my lust constreyne.
Yet were it bet my tonge for to stille 230 Than seye a sooth that were ayeins your wille.
Thow fettest myne in my place Ayeins alle reson, Falsliche and felonliche; Good feith me it taughte, To recovere hem thorugh raunson, And by no reson ellis.
But as the swan, I have herd seyd ful yore, Ayeins his deth shal singe in his penaunce, So singe I here my destiny or chaunce, How that Arcite Anelida so sore Hath thirled with the poynt of remembraunce!
And thanne com Pees into parlement, And putte forth a bille, How Wrong ayeinshis wille Hadde his wif taken, And how he ravysshede Rose Reginaldes loove, 2180 And Margrete of hir maydenhede Maugree hire chekes.
Though ye come bifore kynges And clerkes of the lawe, Beth noght abasshed, For I shal be in youre mouthes, And gyve yow wit and wille, 6510 And konnyng to conclude Hem alle that ayeins yow Of Cristendom disputen.
Ac whiles Hunger was hir maister, Ther wolde noon of hem chide, 4440 Ne stryven ayeins his statut, So sterneliche he loked.
And tho fond I the frere a-fered, And flittynge botheAyeins oure firste for-warde; 6700 For I seide I nolde Be buried at hire hous, But at my parisshe chirche.
How ofte have I resisted and withstonde thilke man that highte 40 Conigaste, that made alwey assautes ayeins the prospre fortunes of pore feble folk?
But I oughte be the more assured ayeins alle othre folk (s.
In which thing 135 sorwe hath nat so dulled my wit, that I pleyne only that shrewede folk aparailen feloniesayeins vertu; but I wondre greetly how that they may performe thinges that they hadde hoped for to don.
And for as moche as the peyne of the accusacioun aiuged biforn ne sholde nat sodeinly henten ne punisshen wrongfully Albin, a counseiller of Rome, I putte me ayeins the hates and indignaciouns of the accusor Ciprian.
And yif that any-thing enforcede him to with-stonde god, mighte it availen at the laste ayeins him, that we han graunted to 80 ben almighty by the right of blisfulnesse?
Is it nat thanne y-nough y-seyn, that I have 75 purchased grete discordes ayeins my-self?
And thou hast sorwed for my blame, and thou hast wopen for the damage of thy renoun that is apayred; and thy laste sorwe eschaufede ayeins fortune, and compleinest that guerdouns ne ben nat evenliche yolden to the desertes of folk.
For al-be-it so that shrewes wexen 15 as wode as hem list ayeins goode folk, yit never-the-lesse the corone of wyse men shal nat fallen ne faden.
I am accused that I sholde han destourbed the accuser to beren lettres, by whiche he sholde han maked the senatoures gilty ayeins the kinges real maiestee.
Ayeins his might ther gayneth none obstacles, He may be cleped a god for his miracles; (930) For he can maken at his owne gyse Of everich herte, as that him list devyse.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ayeins" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
