Monday after Trinity Sonday this battaile foughten cold bee, where many a Knight cryed well-away!
League then there was before the battele foughten shold bee, an Adder came forth of Bush, stunge one of king Arthirs Knights below his knee; 50 alacke!
And that maid shalt thou tell of my sorrow; and thy pledge to her hand shalt yield, And do even as she shall bid thee--Or die here on this foughten field!
This battell was foughten about the midst of Maie, or vpon Whitsun eeue, as the Chronicle of Dunstable saith.
And the bataylle of Seynt-clow besyde Parys, by the duc of Burgoyn with help of capteyns of England owt of England, waged by the seyd duc, was myghtly foughten and had the fielde ayenste theyr adverse partye.
Tho' it may be the angry Duchess shall counsel him to mine ill, Yet hearken and heed, ye children, the strife shall be foughten still.
Gawain I have foughten so fierce a fight, 'Tis myself whom I here have vanquished, and my joy shall have taken flight.
And now, lo the twain rode hither--They had foughten a combat fair, As helmet and shield sore dinted with sword-stroke might witness bear.
Then drew the elder from his breast words that were like to these: "Ah, had ye seen the gloves that armed the very Hercules, 410 And that sad battle foughten out upon this country shore!
The men of coming years, Ascanius stem, all foughten fields, were wrought in due array.
How Sir Tristram and Sir Gawaine rode to have foughtenwith the thirty knights, but they durst not come out.
The meanwhile Sir Nerovens, that Sir Launcelot had foughten withal afore at the bridge, he sent a damosel after Sir Launcelot to wit how he sped at the Castle of Pendragon.
He hath ado with a knight of yours that hight Egglame, and they have foughten together, but at the last Egglame fled, and else he had been dead, and he hath chased him even to Carlion, and we shall meet with him anon in the highway.
Then he went up into the tower, and leapt over walls into the ditch, and hurt him not; and anon he pulled out his sword and would have foughten with them.
Occa and Osca escape out of prison, they freshlie assault the Britains, they are both slaine in a foughten field, the Saxons send and looke for aid out of Germanie, Pendragon is poisoned.
That in the light of its searching flame Treason and tyrants stand revealed, And the yielding craven is put to shame On Capitol floor or foughten field?
Many and many a day O'er charge and storm hath he wheeled, Foray and foughten field, Tramp, and volley, and rattle!
Shee cheared her good souldiers that foughten for life, with the cominge of Ancyents, with drum & with fife, that braue sonding trumpetts with ingines soe free, att last the made mention of Mary Aumbree.
The fifteenth day of July, With glistering spear and shield, A famous fight in Flanders Was foughten in the field: The most couragious officers 5 Were English captains three; But the bravest man in battel Was brave lord Willoughbey.
We may not extend it," answered the Grand Master; "the field must be foughten in our own presence, and divers weighty causes call us on the fourth day from hence.
England in foughten battels, were woont to remaine among them (who were their footmen) as the French kings did amongst their horssemen: the prince thereby shewing where his chiefe strength did consist.
At many a noble army hadde he be, At mortal batailles had he been fiftene, And foughten for our faith in Tramisene In listes thries, and ever slaine his fo.
And when that Theseus had seen that sight, Unto the folk that foughten thus eche one He cried 'Ho!
Within the limits of this chapter it is impossible to go into the details of every "foughten field" within the county; the most that can be done is to indicate the many and treat in detail only the few.
This bataylle was one of the sorest and best foughten without cowards or faynte hearts; for there was neither knight nor I squire but that did his devoyre and foughte hande to hande.
This chance discomforted the hearts of the Spaniards right sore, but yet king Henrie like a valiant gentleman came forward, and incouraged his men all that he might, so that there was a cruell battell, and well foughten a long time.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "foughten" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
