How shallow ev'n the deepest sea, When thus weebbe away?
There is a well in Darbieshire called Tideswell (so named of the word tide, or toebbe and flow) whose water often seemeth to rise and fall, as the sea which is fortie miles from it dooth vsuallie accustome to ebbe and flow.
Now, between the village of Angelstad and the church there is a large stone: mounting this, Ebbe cried, 'Am I worthy to rest in consecrated ground?
Ebbe Skammelsson was a knight who was engaged to the beauteous Malfrid of Tiraholm.
His sad fate had made a deep impression on the people, and a minstrel wrote a song, which, a witch said, so soon as Ebbe heard, his irons would fall off and he would die.
Years rolled on, but Ebbe did not return; and as the maid began to fade away, her mother promised her to another, thinking Ebbe must be dead.
Now doth it turne, and ebbe backe to the Sea, Where it shall mingle with the state of Floods, And flow henceforth in formall Maiesty.
Clark, and why should he be deeding away Ebbe Petersen's property?
This witness, who was but a child when the incident had occurred, clearly recalled the fact that Ebbe Petersen had not decided to take his wife and daughter with him on the voyage until a few days before they sailed.
It soon developed, however, that lawyer Browne's industry and ingenuity had not been confined to the exploitation of the estate of Ebbe Petersen.
Some few years after the Civil War a Swede named Ebbe Petersen emigrated to this country to better his condition.
That is, Ebbe Ulfeldt,--a relative of Corfitz who left Denmark in 1651 and afterwards lived in Sweden.
They asked the Mayor of the town to arrest these two persons, believing that our lady was Ebbe Wl.
E40] This sister was Hedvig, who married Ebbe Ulfeldt, a relative of Corfitz Ulfeldt.
Which blowing from the sea directly vponn the place of our Streites, hath kept in the yce, and not suffered them to be caried out by the ebbe to the maine sea, where they would in more short time have bene dissolued.
The tide setteth there Northwest and Southeast: the flood setteth Southeast, and the ebbe Northwest.
Lastly, it did ebbe and flow sixe or seuen fadome vp and downe, the flood comming from diuers parts, so as we could not perceiue the chiefe maintenance thereof.
Congers are not so common on these coasts as on many seas about England, butt are often found upon the north coast of Norfolk, and in frostie wether left in pulks and plashes upon the ebbe of the sea.
Vermes marini very large wormes digged a yarde deepe out of the sands at the ebbe for bayt.
Ebbe Galt has been drinking heavily with the king's men.
While they are taking him off, Ebbe is flippant: he would not mind losing his life had the woman been prettier.
She had treatedEbbe Galt with all hospitality as her husband's guest.
Ebbe after this begs his bread, or goes on a pilgrimage weighted with iron on his hands and loins; wherein his part resembles Maisry's.
The king says that he himself, if it lay in him, would have redeemed the youth with three thousand; Ebbe Galt shall die.
Ebbe is warned by a dream that his brother is about to wed his mistress, goes home in great haste, and arrives on the wedding-day.
Ebbe Galt begins to ban and beat, and in the end ravishes the woman, using extreme cruelty.
That flow strewed wrecks about the grass, That ebbe swept out the flocks to sea; A fatal ebbe and flow, alas!
That flow strewed wrecks upon the grass, That ebbe swept out the flocks to sea; A fatal ebbe and flow, alas!
Vermes marini are large wormes [see Note 91] found 2 foot deep in the sea sands & are digged out at an ebbe for bayt.
Note 91] digged out of the sea sand about 2 foot deepe at an ebbe water for bayte they are discouered by a little hole or sinking of the sand at the top aboue them.
Thus he forcedEbbe to fight, and felled him, turning the banquet into a spectacle, and the wedding into a funeral.
Then he bade Ebbefight him, saying that he must get the victory before he got his wish.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ebbe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
