Derk was this cave, and smoking as the helle, 120 Not but two pas within the gate hit stood; A naturel day in derk I lete hir dwelle.
And whyl I stood thusderk and pale, Resoun bigan to me hir tale; She seide: 'Al hayl, my swete frend!
Not at all; it is like Chaucer's rime of clerkes, derk is; the -es being unaccented.
Al be 60 it so that, certes, thilke wrytinges profiten litel; the whiche wrytinges long and derk elde doth awey, bothe hem and eek hir autours.
And eek, yif that he ne knowe nat why that the hornes of the fulle mone wexen pale and infect by the boundes of the derke night; and how the mone, derk and confuse, discovereth the sterres that 10 she hadde y-covered by hir clere visage.
Night with his mantel, that is derk and rude, Gan oversprede the hemisperie aboute; For which departed is this lusty route 1800 Fro Ianuarie, with thank on every syde.
The derknesse of deeth' been the sinnes that the wrecched man hath doon, whiche that destourben him to see the face of god; right as doth a derk cloude bitwixe us and the sonne.
And, for that feith is deed with-outen werkes, So for to werken yif me wit and space, 65 That I be quit fro thennes that most derk is!
He which departeth dai fro nyht, That on derk and that other lyht, Of sevene daies made a weke, A Monthe of foure wekes eke He hath ordeigned in his lawe, Of Monthes tuelve and ek forthdrawe 960 He hath also the longe yeer.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "derk" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
