His fellow, that lay by his beddes side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast.
For vi Prests iii beddes after ii to a Bedde For x Gentillmen of the Chapell v Beddes after ii to a Bedde And for vi Children ii Beddes after iii to a Bedde And a Bedde for the Yoman and Grom o' th Vestry In al xi Beddes for the furst Cariage.
And so then to laye down the overmost sheete from the beddes heed.
Item, a squyer for the bodye or gentylman-ussher aught to sett the kynges sword at hys beddes heed.
There shall be for vj Prests iij Beddes after ij to a Bedde; for x Gentillmen of the Chapell v Beddes, after ij to a Bedde; for vj Children ij Beddes after iij to a Bedde.
The servantz deden here office 6880 And sondri beddes made anon, Wherin that thei to reste gon Ech be himself in sondri place.
He com anoon, nought ones seyde he `nay,' And Troilus ful sobrely he grette, And doun upon his beddes syde him sette.
This Troilus ful sone on knees him sette Ful sobrely, right be hir beddes heed, And in his beste wyse his lady grette; 955 But lord, so she wex sodeynliche reed!
He com anoon, nought ones seyde he 'nay,' And Troilus ful sobrely he grette, And doun upon his beddes syde him sette.
This Troilus ful sone on knees him sette Ful sobrely, right by hir beddes heed, And in his beste wyse his lady grette; 955 But lord, so she wex sodeynliche reed!
We know that Chaucer sometimes employs headless lines, such as: Twenty bokes at hisbeddes heed.
Poore chaunsel, open holes in every syde; beddes of silke, with tapites going al aboute his chambre.
The beddes were poore and of no vallew, for they were nothing but Mantels layde vpon mattes, or vpon Hay, or else mattes alone: fewe men lay within those houses.
Doun by his beddes syde sit she than, (690) Confortinge him as goodly as she may.
And we schul so welcome · the scherreves men, That some of hem schul make · here beddes in the fen.
The cradel at hirbeddes feet is set, To rokken, and to yeve the child to souke.
And by hir beddes heed she made a mewe, And covered it with veluëttes blewe, In signe of trouthe that is in wommen sene.
His felawe, that lay by his beddes syde, Gan for to laughe, and scorned him ful faste.
For him was lever have at his beddes heed Twenty bokes, clad in blak or reed, Of Aristotle and his philosophye, 295 Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrye.
But un-to Ianuarie y-comen is she, That on his beddes syde sit ful softe.
His Almageste and bokes grete and smale, His astrelabie, longinge for his art, His augrim-stones layen faire a-part On shelves couched at his beddes heed.
For him was lever have at his beddes heed Twenty bokes, clad in blak or reed, Of Aristotle and his philosophye, Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrye.
That trewely, I hadde no need Ferther than my beddes heed Never a day to seche sorwe; 1255 I fond hit redy every morwe, For-why I loved hir in no gere.
And up he rose, and softely he went Unto the cradle, and in his hand it hent*, *took And bare it soft unto his beddes feet.
The cradle at her beddes feet was set, To rock, and eke to give the child to suck.
However, they were going to repair the floor "as well for the safetie of our beddes as for the health and ease of the poore.
Item to have in store paillet bedds furnished for every chamber wher beddes be, and v or vi besids them for every of the said logiengs of themperour, prince and Archeduchesse.
For him was lever have at his beddes heed Twenty bokes, clad in blak or reed, Of Aristotle and his philosophye Than robes riche, or fithele or gay sautrye.
Few could boast of so many "bokes at his beddes heed" as Chaucer's clerk of Oxenford.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "beddes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
