For trewly dorste I seye, as that I fele, Me semeth that your swete herte of stele Is whetted now ageynes me to kene.
I dorste it seye, Ye doon me wrong, my tale is not y-do!
And she sit ay wepinge, A word for shame ne may she forth out-bringe, 1835 Ne upon hem she dorste nat beholde.
His magas dha and nehgeburas wurdon thearle thurh dha daede ablicgede, and heora n['a]n ne dorste dham fearre genealaecan.
Tha gefr['a]n Ioseph thaet Archelaus rixode on Iudea lande, aefter his faeder Herode, and nedorste his neawiste genealaecan.
Fram dham daege the his apostol Bartholomeus hider com, ic eom mid byrnendum racenteagum dhearle fornumen, and fordhi ic sprece dhe he me het; elles ic nedorste on his andwerdnysse sprecan, ne furdhon ure ealdor.
And this was yet the worste of al hir peyne, Ther was no wight to whom she dorste hir pleyne.
But shortly, lest thise tales sothe were, She dorste at no wight asken it, for fere.
He knew ful wel ther shal not scapen oon That Troyan is; and for the grete fere, He dorste not, ye dwelte lenger there.
The sorwe and wo ye wolden make, That ye ne dorste come ayein for shame!
But nathelees, though that I sholde deye, 930 That thou art noon of tho, that dorste I seye.
But wel is me that ever that I was born, That thou biset art in so good a place; 905 For by my trouthe, in love I dorste have sworn, Thee sholde never han tid thus fayr a grace; And wostow why?
Ne of his wo ne dorste he not biginne To tellen it, for al this world to winne.
Thus was he blind, and sche unwys: Bot natheles this cause it is, Why Cupide is the god of love, For he his moder dorste love.
Bot yit I yaf hir nevere noght, Ne therto dorste a profre make; For wel I wot sche wol noght take, And yive wol sche noght also, Sche is eschu of bothe tuo.
This cherles herte is in a traunce, As he which drad him of vengance Whan time comth an other day; Bot yit dorste he noght seie nay, 1370 Bot swor and seide he schal fulfille Hire hestes at hire oghne wille.
The rihtful Emperour Conrade To kepe pes such lawe made, That non withinne the cite In destorbance of unite Dorste ones moeven a matiere.
Sche wolde have kist him wonder fayn, Bot schame tornede hire agayn; 3790 It was noght the manere as tho, Forthi sche dorste noght do so.
Thus hath this king al that him liste Of his likinge and his plesance, And laste in such continuance, And such delit he tok therinne, Him thoghte that it was no Sinne; And sche dorste him nothing withseie.
And Tisbee dorste noght remue, Bot as a bridd which were in Mue Withinne a buissh sche kepte hire clos So stille that sche noght aros; Unto hirself and pleigneth ay.
How dorste ye seyn for shame unto your love, [274: T.
Hir coverchiefs ful fyne were of ground; I dorste swere they weyeden ten pound That on a Sonday were upon hir heed.
Was noon so hardy that wente by the weye That with hirdorste rage or ones pleye, But-if he wolde be slayn of Simkin With panade, or with knyf, or boydekin.
Ther dorste no wight hand up-on him legge, That he ne swoor he sholde anon abegge.
The lettre spak, 'the queen delivered was 750 Of so horrible a feendly creature, That in the castel noon so hardy was That any whyle dorste ther endure.
But wel is me that ever I was born, That thou biset art in so good a place; 905 For by my trouthe, in love I dorste have sworn, Thee sholde never han tid thus fayr a grace; And wostow why?
For dred thee not that she nil finden weye To come ayein, my lyf that dorste I leye.
The sone, if I it dorste seye, Resembleth wel the widewe.
And yonge children dorste pleyne, I wolde permute my penaunce with youre, For I am in point to Do-wel.
Ac Gloton was a gret cherl, And a grym in the liftyng, And koughed up a cawdel In Clementes lappe; Is noon so hungry hound In Hertford shire Dorste lape of that levynges, So un-lovely thei smaughte.
I dorste have leyd my lif, And no lasse wedde, He sholde have be lord of that lond In lengthe and in brede, And also kyng of that kith His kyn for to helpe, The leeste brol of his blood A barones piere.
Alle fledden for fere, And flowen into hernes; Save Mede the mayde, 1350 Na-mo dorste abide.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dorste" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
