Quham euir he strak he byrstyt bayne and lyr; Feill off thaim dede fell thwortour in the fyr.
The woman als, that dulfully was dycht, “Out off my mynd that dede will neuir bid, Fol.
Schyr Jhon Butler in to the forrest went 535 With twa hundreth, sor mowit in his entent; His fadris dede to wenge him giff he mocht, To Wallace sone with men of armyss socht.
Agayne his dynt na weidis mycht awaill; Quham so he hyt was dede with outyn faill.
The dede bodyes out of sicht he gart cast, Baith in the houss, and with out at war dede; Fyve of hys awne to beryniss he gart leid.
Yhe nobill men, that ar off Scottis kind, 235 Thar petous dede yhe kepe in to your mynd; And ws rawenge, quhen we ar set in thrang.
Feill of thaim ma na freyndschip with him fand; Fyfteyn that day he schot to dede of hys hand.
The knycht Fenweik, that cruell was and keyne; He had at dede off Wallace fadyr beyne.
A trew woman, had seruit hir full lang, Out off the toune the gaynest way can gang; Till Wallace tald how all this dede was done.
A felloun knyff fast till his hart straik he; Syn fra him dede schot him doun sodanlé: 100 Catour sen syne he was, but weyr, no mar.
And he, that has persavit weill That the dede wes weill neir hym till, Bot gif he mycht fulfill thar will, 670 Thoucht that he all his mycht wald do; Bendit in gret hy than wes scho, And till the Sow wes evin set.
The tothir fled to seyk warrand, That out-our mesuredede can dreid.
Thame that thai gat to dede all yhude, Swa that than thar weill neir wes ded Als feill as in the battell-sted.
So in Wallace: "A hundreth dede in feild was levyt thar" (205).
For he, that he trowit mast of ane, His dede falsly had undirtane: 528 And nane may treson do titar than he That man in trowis leawte.
Bot, or he deit, his land delt he: 535 To se his dede wes gret pite.
And the Kingis infermite Woxe mair and mair, quhill at the last 245 The dulfull dede approchit fast.
Thai did thair dede bath in the nycht, And faucht bath with the monys licht; 280 Bot the King discumfit ma, And Thedeus the ma can sla.
Bot god þat is guerdoner of every gode dede quite rewarde yow in stede of us where we may not.
For he seyd ye had moche good of the dede to dispose, what of your fader, God blisse that sowle, what of Berney, and what now of his good Mayster Fastolfe.
It was answerid hym ageyn, that he shuld walke forth with them on his feete; and so he dede till he was a flyte[49.
I wold have delyvered it hym; he seithe he dede nevyr so mad a dede, for Wentworth wold no bettyr mean thane we had takyn a distresse.
I wold a new dede and letter of atorne were mad owth theroff be the feffees of the same laund to Thome Grene,[298.
As for Yelverton, I dede a gode fele to enquer of Yemmys Skynner whan the seid Yelverton shuld go to London.
And sythe after ze weryn at Seynt Benettys forseyd, ze komyn not gentylly but ryte malicyously disposid to myn Lady Felbrygg, and dede your devoyr to haf put hym out of hir conceyt, and it wolde not be, &c.
I pray to Gode yeve grace that the trowthe may be knowe, and that the dede may have part of hys owne goode.
I sent yow word also be Alblaster, how I dede to hym aftyr that ye wer go; and I beseche yow hartyly that ye wochesaf to be hys god fadyr, for I hope he is schastysyd, and wil be the worher [worthier ?
Men as Demetrius hira svn sa, let-er tham nei sinra hove fora, and dede alen mith him, as-er mith tham his suster den hede.
Elk forst wande forth that-er enoch dede as er wakade ovir sin ajn stat; and thi en ne jef nawet ta antha othera.
Specimens as = wel dede endinge, completion or performance of good works.
The kyng from Eltham sone he nam, Hyse presoners with hym dede brynge; And to y^e Blake Heth ful sone he cam, He saw london with oughte lesynge.
For the which dede this Tarquyn was exiled, From Rome: wandrynge in the Costes of Italy.
And mortall myschefe had leuer be dede or slayne Than byde correccyon or for his profyte payne Suche haue suche pleasour in theyr mad folysshe pype That they dispyse all other melody.
And can kepe a Parke or Court and rede a Dede Than is Ueluet to his state mete and agreable.
For the dede that thei dide, Thi deceite it made; With gile thow hem gete, Ageyn alle reson.
He sighed and seide, "Soore it me a-thynketh, For the dede that I have doon I do me in youre grace.
And he, that has persauit weill That the dede wes neir hym till, Bot gif he mycht fulfill thar will, Thoucht that he all his mycht vald do: Bendit in gret hy than wes scho, 80 And till the sow wes soyn evin set.
In The Commandment of Love Rolle explains: For als dede slas al lyuand thyng in [th]is worlde, sa perfite lufe slas in a mans sawle all fleschly desyres and erthly couaytise.
To dedear thai dyght, prowdist of pryde, Euerich a wyght that euer was spyde With syn, 545 All ar thai slayn, And put vnto payn.
I beare in hande, I threp upon a man that he hath done a dede or make hym beleve so, Ie fais accroyre .
To do the dedebodyes vileinye, to treat the dead bodies shamefully.
And sum storvyn unto the dethe, And sum stoppyde of ther brethe, Sum crokyd in the kneys, And sum alle so lene as any treys, And wemmen holden in thir armys Dede chyldryn in hyr barmys.
For he was dased of the dint and half dede him semyd.
All the kene mene of kampe, knyghtes and other, Killyd are colde dede and castyne over burdez Theire swyers sweyftly has the swete levyde.
For Edward gode dede Þe Baliol did him mede a wikked bounte.
The same yere the duke of Bretayne dede homage also to the kyng for the counte of Richemond.
And aboughte the feste of seynt Mighell kyng Edward, which dede a glorious tryumphe, retorned ayene into Engelond.
Also in this yere the kyng seyled into Fraunce, that is to seye the yere of oure lord a m^{l}cccxxviij, and dede homage to the kyng of Fraunce for the ducherye of Guyene and for the counte of Pountyf.
Piers of Gaveston, the kynges sworn brother, and smot of his hed; for which the kyng afterward in oo day dede do beheded xx/iiij lordes and gentyles for the deth of the seid Piers.
Also in this yere was grete and stronge batailes of sparwes in Engelond in diverses places, whereof the bodyes were founden in the feldes dede withoughte noumbre.
In this yere the kyng of Scotlond come into Engelond to the newe castell upon Tyne: and aboughte the feste of the Nativite of seynt John baptiste, there he dede homage to kyng Edward.
I trust that ye woll instructe hyme soo fruteffully that he shall not nede to be further reconsiled to amend his lyvynge Wherby ye shall doo averay good & charitable dede as knoeth god who kepe yow Add.
And if he be Dede then the saide c Markes and the saide residue of the saide xl^{li} to be euenlye Departed amongst my poure kynnesfolkes, that is to say my Susters children forsaide.
Ryght wourchipful husbonde, I recomaunde me to yow, dyssyryng hertely to here of yowr welfare, thankyng yow of yowr grett chere that ye made me, and of the coste that ye dede on me.
What it myght hurtyn if he soo dede I knowe not, but they have made gret labour to hym therfor.
Sir, yesterevyn a man came from London, and he seyth, the Kyng cam to London on Satyrday, and there dede make a proclamacion that all men that were be twyx lx.
Ye dede more cost thanne my wylle was that ye choulde do, but that it plesyd yow to do so, God gyf me grase to do that may plese yow.
Sir, as I am enfourmed, ye sent me wourde how that my fader was dede long tyme passed, and also ye desired to knowe my titylle of ryght.
Az for Hew Fennys obligacion, Zelverton knowlacheyd it to be Sir John Fastolfe is dede opynly in the Escheker, and ther he hadde is jugement to receive the mony and xli.
Your fader, wham God assole, in hys trobyll seson set more by hys wrytyngys and evydens than he dede by any of hys moveabell godys.
And Daubeney had knowleche ther of, and he dede send on Sunday at nyght to yowr elder sonne, for to have some men fro thens; and so he sent Wykes and Bernay to hym on Monday in the mornyng.
I have copied Mery's verses, because I do not wish to deprive Mademoiselle Dede of his autograph.
Dede could not be more delighted and dazzled than I am, if she were given the diamonds and jewels of the crown of England to play with for an hour.
I sent to Cayster that thei shuld be war in kepyng of the place, as ye dede wright to me.
Sir John, in many thynges, and is his kynnesman, and it were a gode frendely dede and no jopardy nor hurt.
Which if it were knowyn shuld cause bothyn your elmyse [enemies] and your frendis to thynk that ye dede it for right gret nede, or ellis that ye shuld be a wastour and wuld wast your lyvelod.
And eek her teres, ful of honestee, Embelisshed her wyfly chastitee; Her countenaunce is to her herte digne, For they acordeden in dede and signe.
And shortly of this matere for to make, (251) This Theseus of her hath leve y-take, And every point performed was in dede As ye have in this covenant herd me rede.
Also at the righte syde of that dede See, dwellethe zit the wife of Lothe, in lyknesse of a salt ston; fur that schee loked behinde hire, whan the cytees sonken into helle.
And summe of hem falle doun undre the wheles of the chare, and lat the chare gon over hem; so that thei ben dede anon.
In this ile and many othere, men berye not no dede men: for the hete is there so gret, that in a lityle tyme the flesche wil consume fro the bones.
That dede See departethe the lond of Ynde and of Arabye; and that see lastethe from Soara unto Arabye.
And this Lothe was he, that was saved, whan Sodom and Gomorre and the othere cytees weren brent and sonken doun to helle; where that the dede see is now, as I have told zou before.
And toward the est, an 100 pas, is the charnelle of the hospitalle of seynt John, where men weren wont to putte the bones of dede men.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dede" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
