He says, yon foreste is his awin; 135 He wan it frae the Southronie; Sae as he wan it, sae will he keep it, Contrair all kingis in Christentie.
Thir landis of Ettricke Foreste fair, I wan them from the enemie; Like as I wan them, sae will I keep them, Contrair a' kingis in Christentie.
He says, yon Foreste is his awin; He wan it frae the Southronie; Sae as he wan it, sae will he keep it, Contrair all kingis in Christentie.
I: he kens the contrair o' that ower weel; but he kend he wad be master an' mair when he gat me away frae about the town.
The thre estaitis of parliament hes [=a]nullit and declarit all sik actes maid in tymes bipast not aggreing w^t goddis word and now contrair to the confessioun of oure fay^t according to the said word publist in this parliament.
But yf he had maid ane unlefull aith, contrair Goddis command, it war bettir to violate it then to observe it.
And albeit ye knaw the Appointment was maid be our avise,[910] yitt we acceptit the samin at your desyre, and hes sensyne maid na cause quhairby thay mycht be movit to cum in the contrair thairof.
As the servandis of God uprychtlie travellit to haif vice punissit and verteu plantit, so did the Devill ever steir up some in the contrair of baith.
He says yon forest is his ain, He wan it from the Soudronie; Sae as he wan it, sae will he keep it, Contrair all kings in Christentie.
These lands of Ettrick Forest fair, I wan them frae the enemie; Like as I wan them, sae will I keep them, Contrair all kings in Christentie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "contrair" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
