He gat a blaw, thocht he war lad or lord, That proferryt him ony lychtlynes; Bot thai raparyt our mekill to that place.
The horss scho saw that Wallace had berefft, And the Gask hall standand as it was left, With out harme, nocht sterd off it a stane; 425 Bot off his men gud tithingis scho gat nane.
Riches thai gat off gold and othir gud; Plenyst the toun agayne with Scottis blud.
The Scottis gat rowme, and mony doun thai ber; 590 The new cowntir assailyeit thaim sa fast, Throuch Inglissmen maid sloppys at the last.
The Scottis gat horss, and folowit that battaill 600 Throuch Cultir hope; or tyme thai wan the hycht, Feill Sotheroun folk was marryt in thair mycht, Slayne be the gait as thair king fled away.
For all thair mycht, thocht king Eduuard had suorn, Gat nayn away that was off Ingland born, Bot othir brynt, or but reskew was slayn, And sum throucht force drywyn in the fyr agayn.
Bot Malcom gat wpon this lady brycht 35 Schir Malcom Wallas, a full gentill knycht, And Wilyame als, as Conus cornykle beris on hand; Quhilk eftir was the reskew of Scotland.
The persone than gat thaim gud horss and ger: Bot wa he was, his mynd was all in wer.
Hys warldly lyff desyrd the sustenance, Thocht he it gat in contrar off plesance.
In this gret noyis the woman gat away, 15 But to quhat steide I can nocht graithlye say.
The Scottis, in place that bauldly couth abyde, 210 Spoilyed the feld, gat gold and othir ger, Harnes and horss, quhilk thai mysteryt in wer.
Anon the lady gat the hawk in her hand, and thereupon came Sir Phelot suddenly out of the grove, all armed and with his naked sword in his hand.
Then perceived they both that he was Galahad, and up they gat on their horses, and rode fast after him, but in a while he was out of their sight.
Therewithal Sir Uwaine gat his spear in his hand and rode toward Sir Launcelot.
So Sir Tristram gat the chapel and kept it by force.
Then with great pain the hermit gat the arrow's head out of Sir Launcelot's thigh, but much of his blood was shed, and the wound was passing sore.
Also he wounded Sir Mordred, who, when he escaped from the noble Sir Launcelot, anon gat his horse and rode unto King Arthur, sore wounded and all bleeding.
When Sir Fair-hands heard her say so he started up with great might, gat upon his feet, and leaped to his sword.
So on the morn Sir Agravaine and Sir Mordred gat to them twelve knights and hid themselves in a chamber in the castle of Carlisle, where Queen Guenever was; thus they plotted to take Sir Launcelot by force, if she should have speech with him.
Thereupon Sir Launcelot gat all his armour as well as he might, and put it on for fear of further attack, since the knight's castle was so near.
Then Launcelot gat a spear in his hand, and then he smote Sir Bors horse and man to the earth.
And thus gat Sathan the secund fall, efter that he haid begun to truble the estait of the religioun, ones establissit by law.
This mischance to the Frenche men maid thame to be more circumspect in scatring abrod into the countrie; and so the poore creaturis gat sum releive.
When suche reassonis war laid befoir thame, thei gat none other ansuer, but "The Quene can spair no greattar soumes.
Bot than the horsmen troupit togidder, and the futemen gat thameselffis in array, and sua repulsit the Frenche back agane to the toun.
And so the King gat the preeminence, that he had his first electioun.
What gat ye to your dinner, my handsome young man?
It's Lamkin was a mason good As ever built wi' stane; He built Lord Wearie's castle, But payment gat he nane.
This is the Scotch version, with the variant of Lord Randal: What gat ye to your dinner, Lord Randal, my son?
If Ay gat a voman," he announced, "Ay skall gat one dat ent no fule.
Ay gat me soome day a rench, and a gude strong voman like you, and settle down.
Bud I set off ageean at t’run, Fer I weel understood, If I gatowt fra that thear clahn, It woddant do ma good.
Never trouble your head," said Irma, "there never was a Maitland yet but gat his own will till he met with a Maitland to counter him!
And as soon as they gat the tocher, he's off wi' the lassie.
I gat them in the field fechting, "Where, cruel king, thou durst not be.
And that even for the black dinoure, Erl Douglas gat therein.
That Edward once lay under me, And e'er gat up again.
When bells were rung, and mass was sung, And a' the bairns came hame, When every lady gat hame her son, The lady Maisry gat nane.
Of 't hinderde as ze de pan in 'n leeg gat van de kachel stak?
First they gat them to the chapel and heard Mass, and then dinner was made ready, since to eat ere noon is healthful for the brain.
And ere he was fully armed the king his uncle had risen, and they gat them to Mass, and when Mass was said, to meat.
When the butler heard this he was ill-pleased, and he tarried no longer at the pavilion, but leaving the steed gat him back to the meadow, nor turned again for the king, who many a time called upon him.
And when the king had ridden three miles he drew rein in the midst of a meadow, and there he bade farewell to his folk, who, sad and sorrowful, gat them back to the burg.
Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys Hearken to me and ye shall hear how the good King Arthur and his knights went forth to the wood for archery, and how at vesper-tide they gat them homeward right joyfully.
With that they gat them to meat in the tent, but that day a butler was lacking to them.
Then all laughed at Kay's words, and when they had made sport enow of him they gatthem back to the tent.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
