For the lond and the contree is not worthi houndes todwelle inne.
And there was wont for to dwelle Helye the prophete; and there reysed he Jonas the wydwes sone from dethe to lyf.
And he wolde not suffre no Jewes to dwelle there, but only Cristene men.
And no man may dwelle there in that desert, for defaute of watre.
For thus hath she brought vs hider alle twelfe, To dwelle in hir owenĖ boure.
Haltofte, and there we ar assigned day over to the next terme, and dwelle in law.
As lat my litel child dwelle heer with thee; And if thou darst not saven him, for blame, 860 So kis him ones in his fadres name!
Witnesse on hem that dwelle in Cristes hous, With martirdom they preved hir constance.
That oon may seen his lady day by day, But in prison he moot dwelle alway.
Un-to my fader gladly wol I wende, And with him dwelle un-to my lyves ende.
Horrour is alwey drede of harm that is to come, and this drede shal evere dwelle in the hertes of hem that been dampned.
This glade folk to diner they hem sette; (1020) In Ioye and blisse at mete I lete hem dwelle A thousand fold wel more than I can telle.
Now is my prison worse than biforn; Now is me shape eternally todwelle 1225 Noght in purgatorie, but in helle.
To myn welbelovid sone, I grete yow wel, and avyse yow to thynkk onis of the daie of youre fadris counseyle to lerne the lawe, for he seyde manie tymis that ho so ever schuld dwelle at Paston, schulde have nede to conne defende hym selfe.
Now than tho persones that suche thinges have cast to redresse, for wrathe of my first medlinge, shopen me to dwelle in this pynande prison, til Lachases my threed no lenger wolde twyne.
And thus in that heven +togider shul they dwelle perpetuelly, without any imaginatyfe yvel in any halve.
O thou fool of alle mortal fooles, if Fortune bigan to dwelle stable, she cesede thanne to ben Fortune!
But I may not endure that thou dwelle In so unskilful an opinioun 790 That of thy wo is no curacioun.
But whether that ye dwelle or for him go, I am, til god me bettre minde sende, 930 At dulcarnon, right at my wittes ende.
Quod Troilus, 'how longe shal I dwelle Er this be doon?
And though so be that pees ther may be noon, Yet hider, though ther never pees ne were, 1360 I moste come; for whider sholde I goon, Or how mischaunce sholde I dwelle there Among tho men of armes ever in fere?
And hider hoom I com whan it was eve; And here I dwelle out-cast from alle Ioye, 615 And shal, til I may seen hir eft in Troye.
Therefore it were better, me thinketh, to go and dwelle among folke, for to give example to man and woman dwelling in this worlde.
He sayde they were merye and gladde: for they that dwelle there a yere (quod he) be as men that were franticke and out of theyr myndes.
There was a certayne olde man, whiche let his sonne to mary, and to brynge his wyfe and his chyldren to dwelle with him, and to take all the house in to his owne hande and gydinge.
And here wyfes ne dwellenot to gydere but every of hem be hire self.
For at on of the parties, there is so gret cold, that no man may dwelle there: and in another partie, there is so grete hete, that no man may endure it.
And ye, me to endyte and ryme Helpeth, that on Parnaso dwelle By Elicon the clere welle.
And ye, me to endyte and ryme 520 Helpeth, that on Parnaso dwelle By Elicon the clere welle.
And alle that werchen with wrong, Wende thei shulle, After hir deth day And dwelle with that sherewe.
Wyclif, for instance, writes: "For as they seyn that groundiden in these cloystris thes men myghten no more dwelle out therof than fiss mighte dwelle out of water.
And that I dwellein the hous of the Lord; in to the lengthe of daghis.
And that Y dwelle in the hows of the Lord; in to the lengthe of daies.
Now is my prison worse than biforn; Now is me shape eternally to dwelle Noght in purgatorie, but in helle.
Quod Troilus, `How longe shal I dwelle Er this be doon?
Now is the tyme certan My Fader ordand herfor,[539] That they shuld pas fro payn In blys to dwelle for ever more.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dwelle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
