Quham euir thai hyt, na harnes mycht thaim stynt, Fra thai on fute semblit with suerdis dynt; Off manheid thai in hartis cruell was, Thai thocht to wyn, or neuir thine to pass.
Yngliss archaris apon thaim can ranew, That his gud horss with arrowis sone thai slew; On futehe was.
With thaim in feyr thai wend Wallace had beyne, On fute he was amang his enemyss keyn.
On fute thai thocht the moss that thai suld hauld.
Reth horss repende rouschede frekis wndir feit; The Scottis on fute gert mony loiss the suete.
Wallace on fute the gret power amang, Gud rowme he gat, throuch help off Goddis grace.
Thai thocht to bynd Wallace throu strenthis strang; On fute he gat the feill traytouris amang, Grippyt about, bot no wapyn he fand.
The worthi Scottis, apon the tothir side, The playne feild tuk, on fute maid thaim to bid.
Than grathit sone thir men of armyss keyne; 230 Sadlye on fute on to the houss thai socht, And entryt in, for lattyn fand thai nocht.
Be our party was passit Straithfulan, The smallfute folk began to irk ilkane; And horss, off fors, behuffyt for to faill.
He wyst no waill thar langar for to bide, Vp throuch the hall thus wicht Wallace can glid, Till a closs stair; the burdis raiff in twyne, Fyftene fute large he lap out of that in.
Lychtly thai thought he suld hald it so lang: Fywe hundreth maid throu it on fute to gang, Sad men off armess that war off eggyr will; Schyr Garratis self with out the woode baid still.
As this ȝongker heiron tred and fute set, Joly and blyth, wenyng hym victour round.
And furth scho drew the Troiane swerd, fute hait, A wapyn was neuer wrocht for syk a nate.
The swyft Pystris witht spedy routht, fute hoyt, Furth steris the stern Mynestheus onan, Quhilk eftir bycam a lord Italian; Of quhays ofspring and genealogy The pepill ar discend, clepyt Memny.
Forsuith I can find none,” quod he, “On hors nor fute dar fecht with me.
Quhen the King had a quhill beyne thar He send for masonis fer and neir, That sleast wes of that misteir, And gert weill ten fute hye the wall About Berwikis toune our all.
Bot the folk off the tothir party Fawcht with axys sa felounly 20 For thai onfute war evir-ilkane, That thai feile off thar hors has slayne; And till sum gaiff thai woundis wid.
Men mycht se mony frely fute About the costis thar lukand, As thai on ayris rais rowand: 580 And nevys that stalwart war and squar, That wont to spayn gret speris war, Swa spaynyt aris, that men mycht se Full oft the hyde leve on the tre.
And thus the Cardinall with his craft prevalled on everie syd; so that the Scotesh proverbe was trew in him, "So long rynnis the fox, as he fute hes.
Yan Wallace ost upon yair fute yai lycht, Yair hors yai left yocht yai war neuir so wycht: For moss and crag yai mycht na langer dre Yan Wallace said quha gangs best let se.
The words of the poem are thus:-- “Be our party was passit Straithfulan, Ye small fute folk began to irk ilk ane.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fute" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
