And ekehath all befallen / as my foreboding heart hath said.
Keen is he unto wonder, / hath eke so doughty arm That, were the contest open, / none is who dared to work him harm.
From her father's country / saw she many a knight; Ekeheard the king the tidings, / and laughed thereat for sheer delight.
Full stately raiment bade he / for them straightway eke prepare.
Meanwhile eke was nearing / of Saxons a great throng, Each a broadsword bearing / that mickle was and long, With blade that cut full sorely / when swung in strong right hand.
Not longer then they waited / but with bow and eke with spear Hasted the nimble hunters / to pursue the bear, Yet none might shoot upon him / for all the dogs around.
The queen dealt out in plenty / gold and raiment rare, Silver eke and jewels.
God perchance commandeth / that deatheke me do take: That were for me poor Kriemhild / fit end of all my woe to make.
Thereto eke must listen / the noble monarch's spouse, And grievously to hear it / did Kriemhild's wrath arouse.
For that he well could fiddle, / named the Minstrel eke was he.
The shields and the saddles / gan they eke prepare, To knights and fair ladies / who with them should fare Lacked nothing that they wished for, / but of all they were possessed.
His vaine in Verse was such, so stately eke his stile, His feate in forging sugred Songs with cleane and curious file; As all the learned Greekes and Romaines would repine, If they did live againe, to vewe his Verse with scornefull eine.
Between them was a bottle of grog, glasses, and a biscuit tin, eke a box of cigars.
He was shortish of stature, and wore his curly grey hair brushed up aggressively over his ears and neck, eke a beard of the same hue and texture.
Now the extent of the above start, eke of the numerical strength of the enemy, was an exaggeration, and one of set design.
So the Volunteers were halted, eke the civilians; and Mr Van Stolz rode forward to welcome the leaders of the Barabastadt burgher force.
And eke a beard for lie a coursing-ground that was And brows for binding on of ropes all crook'd and bent.
And that of another: The brown, not the white, are first in my love And worthiest eke to be loved of me, For the colour of damask lips have they, Whilst the white have the hue of leprosy.
And eke white faces, 'tis well known, do enter Paradise, Whilst faces black appointed are to fill the halls of Hell.
Now was Arthur good king, his people loved him, eke it was known wide, of his kingdom.
Arthur's men prayed with much humility to God the good, and the holy his mother, that their lord might have there victory; and the others eke prayed for their king.
Then had English land the best fame of all; and this country-folk eke was dearest to the king.
And eke each year I will give thee money, seven thousand pounds of silver and gold, and in every counsel be ready at thy need.
Modred began to flee, and his folk to follow after; they fled exceedingly, the fields eke trembled; the stones jar with the blood-streams!
But first I would of you learn, through your sooth worship, what knights ye be, and whence ye are come, and whether ye will be true, old and eke new?
And eke I heard say, where I voyaged in the sea, that the King Aurelie is become sick, and lieth in Winchester, in bed full fast.
And I would eke fare, if I were not so sick; but if I may be sound I will come after thee soon.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eke" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
