For I well knowe their writing is fayned, and they depe dissemblers.
And hardely this wind, that more and more Thus stoundemele encreseth in my face, Is of my ladyes depe sykes sore.
A newe game thai gan̄ him lere, For indepe prison̄ thay him caste.
Those promesses accopanyed him all ways/ and went doune wyth him even in to the depe dongeon/ And brought him vppe agayne/ And never forsoke him till all that was promysed was fulfilled.
At the Blakfurd thar Wallace doune can lycht; His horss stuffyt, for the way was depe and lang; 285 A large gret myile wichtly on fute couth gang.
Wherof hire wittes ben withdrawe, And sche, which tok of deth no kepe, Anon forth lepte into the depe 160 And wolde have cawht him in hire arm.
Bot if mi ladi bidde wolde, That I for hire love scholde Travaile, me thenkth trewely I mihte fle thurghout the Sky, And go thurghout the depe Se, For al ne sette I at a stre What thonk that I mihte elles gete.
Of depe ymaginaciouns And strange interpretaciouns, 3070 Problemes and demandes eke, His wisdom was to finde and seke; Wherof he wolde in sondri wise Opposen hem that weren wise.
Wherof hire wittes ben withdrawe, And sche, which tok of deth no kepe, Anon forth lepte into the depe And wolde have cawht him in hire arm.
For thei make dyches in the erthe alle aboute in the halle, depe to the knee, and thei do pave hem: and whan thei wil ete, thei gon there in and sytten there.
The water cōpased me euē vn to the very soule of me: the depe laye aboute me: ād the wedes were wrappte aboude myne heed.
Depe in this pyninge pitte with wo I ligge y-stocked, with chaynes linked of care and of tene.
It is of course impossible to discover exactly which enclosures are ancient, and there are now no "depe dikes.
Myn herte foryetith therof right nought, It is so writen in my thought; And depe graven it is so tendir That al by herte I can it rendre, 4800 And rede it over comunely; But to my-silf lewedist am I.
And heer began the depe affeccioun Betwix hem two; this was the firste morwe 1230 Of her gladnesse, and ginning of her sorwe.
Me thinketh this, that thou were depe y-holde To whom that saved thee fro cares colde!
They called the porter to a councell, And wrong his necke in two, And caste hym in a depe dongeon, And toke the keys hym fro.
But take out thy brownë swerde, And smyte all of my hede, And gyve me woundës depe and wyde; No lyfe on me be lefte.
Salomon for this cause made hit to be taken up / & dolven[13] depe in the grounde.
They called the porter to a counsell,[L53] And wrange hys necke in two, And caste him in a depe dongeon, 55 And toke hys keys hym fro.
Because of Robyn Hode," seid [the] porter, In depe prison is cast.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "depe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
