Of the plowmannys sonne that sayde he sawe one make a gose to creke sweetly.
Of the plowmannys sonne that sayde he sawe one to make a gose to creke swetely.
This lad answeryd and sayd: by my trouth, moder, quod he, there was one that brought a gose in his armes and tykled her so vpon the neck, that she crekyd the sweetlyest that I hard gose creke in my lyfe.
In the words of that quaint chronicler, George Owen: 'This is the creke that cometh upp to Pembroke towne.
A Bark of 40 or 50 Tonnes may enter thisCreke att low water, and ride at Ankher att Crowpoole, but noe further without helpe of ye Tyde.
The brass of Sir John d’Aubernoun who died in 1327 and lies in Stoke d’Aubernoun Church, Surrey, shows a figure similar in most respects to the Creke brass.
Upon the Creke brass there are no indications that a visor could be affixed if required, but in the Add.
Sollerets, if worn at all, were invariably of the pattern shown in the Creke brass, and seldom covered all the upper part of the foot.
The padded character of the garment may be seen from the Creke and d’Aubernoun brasses, where the lower edge reaches the genouillières.
The roundels at the elbows are fixed by arming-points, the helmet is less elaborately decorated, the method of fastening the sword is old-fashioned, and he wears pryck spurs and not roundels as shown in the Creke brass.
To his [esp]ecial and entyrelye belouyd Frende John Creke be this youyn Bylbowe in Biscaye.
Wheruppon he toke harborough in a Creke of the Sea, whiche compassed a litle Ilande, there expecting for better wind.
He also described the position of the town itself, and wrote, "The creke of Truro afore the very towne is divided into two parts, and eche of them has a brook cumming down and a bridge, and this towne of Truro betwixt them both.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "creke" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
