And the Paynemes seyn, that no Cristene man may not longe duelle, ne enduren with the lif, in that cytee: but dyen with in schort tyme; and no man knowethe not the cause.
It is hir wone plesaunce for to take, To seen hir servauntsdyen for hir sake!
But never-the-les ful mikel besinesse Had he, er that he mighte his lady winne, 100 And swoor he wolde dyen for distresse, Or from his wit he seyde he wolde twinne.
For, by that lord that sit in heven above, Lever ich hadde dyenon a knyf, Than thee offende, trewe dere wyf!
Togidres han thise three her trouthes plight, To live and dyen ech of hem for other, As though he were his owene y-boren brother.
He loketh as a sperhauk with his yën; Him nedeth nat his colour for to dyen With brasil, ne with greyn of Portingale.
For never thou deservedest wherfore To dyen with a swerd or with a knyf.
Han noght our mighty princes to me yeven, 470 Ye, bothe power and auctoritee To maken folk to dyen or to liven?
And eek that thou no wepne hast in this place, Thou sholdest never out of this grove pace, That thou ne sholdest dyen of myn hond.
Thy soule, litel child, I him bitake, For this night shaltow dyen for my sake.
Nay; for alle the gode werkes that he hath wroght ne shul nevere been in remembrance; for he shal dyen in his sinne.
Than is it best, as for a worthy fame, 3055 To dyen whan that he is best of name.
But certes, lord, for noon adversitee, To dyen in the cas, it shal nat be That ever in word or werk I shal repente 860 That I yow yaf myn herte in hool entente.
How trewe eek was to Alcebiades His love, that rather for to dyen chees 1440 Than for to suffre his body unburied be!
For zif the hadde lost the savour of the apples, thei scholdedyen anon.
And the most part of hem dyen with outen syknesse, whan nature faylethe hem for elde.
Now loke up-on thise herbes and thise trees; they wexen first in swiche places as ben covenable to hem, in whiche places they ne mowen nat sone dyen ne dryen, as longe as hir nature may deffenden hem.
For yif it so be that men dyen in al, that is to seyn, body and sowle, the whiche thing our resoun defendeth us to bileven, thanne is ther no glorie in no wyse.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dyen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
