She is bele Aeliz of whom it is said: Beautiful as a jewel, shining as the moon and brilliant as the sun, glistening as Lucifer among the stars, etc.
It may be of interest to translate this as a specimen of the sermon of the first quarter of the thirteenth century: "Let us now see who is Bele Aeliz.
The anonymous Romance of 'Bele Erembors' will represent the class well enough.
An extract from this poem will well illustrate the manner of this important class of composition:-- Cleomades vit un chastel encoste un plain, tres fort et bel, ou il ot mainte bele tour.
Mes moult a de la outre bele tor, et s'il m'i voloient hebergier il m'i auroient encor ennuit a hoste.
Is it not true to say that Venice was the proudest city on earth, la noble cite que l'en apele Venise, qui est orendroit la plus bele dou siecle?
King Bele and Thorsten The words by an old man spoken should not be slighted In the great palace stood the old King Bele and his friend, Thorsten the faithful.
Illustration: King Bele and his sons] Into the throne room came the two princes obedient to their father's command.
Proud is King Bele of his family descended from the great god Odin.
Their fathers, King Bele and Thorsten, were good friends, and the children were brought up together in the home of Hilding, their foster-father and teacher.
It was pleasant to hearBele and Thorsten talk of their lives together.
Angantyr listened kindly but replied: "I never paid tribute to Bele and shall not to his sons.
At last the old king said: "King Bele often visited me and spake of his fair daughter.
They were to gather at the mound of Bele to decide upon the war and upon the fate of Ingeborg.
With the memory of their long friendship King Bele urged his sons and Frithiof to be friends too.
For if I wolde selle my bele chose, I coude walke as fresh as is a rose; But I wol kepe it for your owene tooth.
No more impis were sent out on errands of plunder or punishment, and the regiments which dwelt at the great military kraal of Imbele-bele were ordered up to Nkunkundhlovu.
Turning, I beheld a fighting chief arrayed in the war dress of the Imbele-bele regiment.
And it so happened that one night, as Bele and I were walking together, I knew the hour had come.
As the months wore on Liot's position became more and more painful and humiliating, and he had hard work to keep his hands off Belewhen they met on the pier or in the narrow streets of the town.
So I will swither and scruple no longer; I will tell the whole truth about the drowning of Bele Trenby.
He began his devotions in the spirit of Christ, but they ended always in a passionate arraignment of Bele Trenby through the psalms of David.
I say nothing of Matilda Sabiston, but Bele Trenby stirs up bickerings all day long; he is a low, quarrelsome fellow, a very son of Satan, walking about the world tempting good men to sin.
When he gave Bele the piece of cloth and the gold brooch for his wife, he was on the point of leaving Amsterdam for Java.
It was then plain to every one thatBele had taken the boat for some visit and met with an accident.
I will speak no more to you--only this: ask Liot Borson what was the ending of Bele Trenby.
I had said a thousand times--and the Lord had heard me say it--that if one word of mine would save Bele Trenby from death, I would not say that one word.
So, then, if God had refused him children, he would certainly have believed that for his sin in regard to Bele Trenby the covenant between God and the Borsons was broken.
Liot Borson mocks the very heart of me," said Beleto Matilda one day, as he gloomily flung himself into the big chair she pushed toward him.
In a few minutes Liot also wished to stand still; for the moon came from behind a cloud and showed him plainly that the wayfarer was Bele Trenby.
The old thrall's curse was evil enough, but Bele Trenby will make it measureless.
I will say to my last breath that Liot Borson murdered Bele Trenby.
Frithjof was the son of Thorstein, a friend of King Bele of Baldershage, and was in love with Ingeborg, the king's daughter and his foster sister.
To the west of the settlement in which King Bele lived rose up a great white temple, hedged around with a lofty wall of wood.
On the other side of the inlet on which stood the abode of Bele was a village ruled by a mighty man of valour named Thorsten.
Thorsten, Frithiof's father, was the king's right hand, and now that Bele was grown old and feeble he managed most of the affairs of the kingdom.
Now it comes to my remembrance that often King Bele visited my hall, and with him sometimes came his fair daughter Ingeborg.
The message was courteously received, and the choice fell on the lady Kokáchin, a maiden of 17, "moult bele dame et avenant.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bele" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
