All dreri was his semblaunce, And lytell was his pryde; His one fotein the styrop stode, That othere wavyd beside.
For she had not set no fote on ground In seven yere before.
Toke he there this gentyll knight, With men of armys stronge, And led hym to Notynghamwarde, Bounde bothe fote and hande.
And Cloudesle hymselfe lay ready in a cart Fast bound both fote and hand; And a stronge rope about hys necke, All readye for to be hangde.
Poure þat on fote yede][46] Sprongen forth so sparke on glede.
In that contree ben longe apples of gode savour; where of ben mo than 100 in a clustre, and als manye in another; and thei han gret longe leves and large, of 2 fote long or more.
So they shewed and mustred, both horse men and fote men; of whose ryche and sumptuous armour and apparaile al the felde glistred and shone.
This preest, therwith beynge very angry, all sodenly toke the bottell, and with his fote flange it downe into the body of the churche upon the gentylmans hede.
The sheryfe rode, and Lytell Johan Of fote he was full smarte; And when they came afore Robyn, "Lo, here is the mayster harte!
All dreri then was his semblaunte,[L85] 85 And lytell was hys pryde, Hys one fote in the sterope stode, That other waved besyde.
And Cloudesle hymselfe lay redy in a carte, Faste bounde both fote and hand,[L74] And a stronge rop about hys necke, 75 All readye for to be hangde.
Up she rose and walked full styll, Evel mote she spede therefoore,[L62] For she had not set no fote on ground In seven yere before.
And the tabernacle is 8 fote longe, and 5 fote wyde, and 11 fote in heighte.
Also whan the Chane of Cathay hadde wonen the contree of Cathay, and put in subieccioun and undrefote many contrees abouten, he felle seek.
And thei han grete leves, of a fote and an half of lengthe: and thei ben covenably large.
This emperour hathe in his chambre, in on of the pyleres of gold, a rubye and a charboncle of half a fote long, that in the nyght zevethe so gret clartee and schynynge, that it is als light as day.
And for the 9 knelynges, and for the 9 fote of weye, the Chane and alle the men of Tartarye han the nombre of 9 in gret reverence.
In that flomme men fynden eles of 30 fote long and more.
And at the fote of this hille was somtyme a gode cytee of Cristene men, that men cleped Cayphas: For Cayphas first founded it: but it is now alle wasted.
Gif thos wee flie in chase of farther woe, Oure fote wylle fayle, albeytte wee bee stronge, Ne wylle oure pace swefte as oure danger goe.
And the water is fallyn so sore that it standyt ondyr the wall a fote deppe to Ballys warde [i.
And therfore herein men must hold fote as manhod woll wyth wysdom; and ellis novissimus error pejor priori.
What man hath hors men yive him hors, And who non hath of him no fors, 7720 For he mai thanne on fote go; The world hath evere stonde so.
If thy hande orfote offend the / and hinder the / cut yt of / and cast it from the / &c.
We ar pluckyng down an hygher vaute,’ writes the receiver, ‘borne up by fower thicke and grose pillars xiiij fote fro syde to syde, abowt in circumference xlv fote .
Erth vpon erthe gos in the weye, Prykys and prankys on a palfreye; 20 When erth has gotyn erth alle that he maye, He schal haue but seven fote at his last daye.
The prynce of Aragon~ in they barr~ With lituAEsAEs worshipp and sydes sare, He had nofote on ffor to stond.
Bacward than be a browE Twenty fotehe gard hyme goo, 655 Thus erthe on hym he wane.
Of his household, I you hete hope ye no other, Every burne had on his breast browdered with goulde; A fote of the faireste foule that ever flowe on winge!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fote" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
