But natheles, though thou beten be, Thou shalt not be the first, that so Hath for soth-sawe suffred wo.
To winne is alwey myn entent; My purchas is better than my rent; For though I shulde beten be, Over-al I entremete me; 6840 Withoute me may no wight dure.
And whan I have beten her tyll she smoke, And gyven her many a c.
If womman thral were taken in this sinne, she sholde be beten with staves to the deeth.
And if I schal algate · be beten anon, 115 Cristes curs mot thou have · but thou be that oon!
But now to purpos, why I tolde thee That I was beten for a book, pardee.
Moreover in this yere, for alle that, Chestreschire men maden a grete fray in Fryday strete on a nyght in there innes; the whiche weren well beten and hurte with arowes and brought thanne to the countor.
The Cros in Chepe verrament, It was gret joy it for to beholde; It was araied full reverent, With a castell right as God wolde, With baners brighte beten with gold.
And other beestes, by the wandringe lightnesse of hir winges, beten the windes, and over-swimmen the spaces of 5 the longe eyr by moist fleeinge.
Do-bet shal beten it and bouken it As bright as any scarlet, 8940 And engreyven it with good wille And Goddes grace to amende the, And sithen sende thee to satisfaccion For to sowen it after.
Full richely his shelde was wrought, With asure stones and beten golde, But on his lady was his thought, The yelowe heere what he dyd beholde.
And there was wont to ben a chirche; but it is beten doun.
That cytee was wont to be righte strong; but it was twyes wonnen of the Cristene men: and therfore after that the Sarazines beten down the walles.
In that place was wont to ben a faire chirche; and many othere there weren; but thei ben alle beten doun.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "beten" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
