How shal this longe tyme a-wey be driven, Til that thou be ayein at hir fro me?
Sire, my nece wol do wel by thee, And love thee best, by god and by my trouthe, But lak of pursuit make it in thy slouthe.
For thus ferforth I have thy work bigonne, 960 Fro day to day, til this day, by the morwe, Hir love of freendship have I to thee wonne, And also hath she leyd hir feyth to borwe.
But rys, and lat us soupe and go to reste;' 944 And he answerde him, `Do we as thee leste.
With this he took his leve, and hoom he wente; And lord, he was glad and wel bigoon!
Myn herte and eek the woful goost ther-inne 785 Biquethe I, with your spirit to compleyne Eternally, for they shal never twinne.
Thou seyst nat sooth,' quod he, `thou sorceresse, 1520 With al thy false goostof prophesye!
Ector,' quod they, `what goost may yow enspyre This womman thus to shilde and doon us lese Daun Antenor?
For the heighe Holy Goost Hevene shal to-cleve, And love shall lepen out after Into the lowe erthe; And clennesse shal cacchen it, And clerkes shullen it fynde.
It is nought al good to the goost That the gut asketh, Ne liflode to thi likame; For a liere hym techeth, That is the wrecched world Wolde thee bitraye.
Ector,' quod they, 'what goostmay yow enspyre, This womman thus to shilde and doon us lese Daun Antenor?
Thou seyst nat sooth,' quod he, 'thou sorceresse, 1520 With al thy false goost of prophesye!
Myn herte and eek the woful goost ther-inne 785 Biquethe I, with your spirit to compleyne Eternally, for they shul never twinne.
Thus seistow, lorel, whan thow goost to bedde; And that no wys man nedeth for to wedde, Ne no man that entendeth un-to hevene.
For soothly, the grace of the holy goost fareth lyk fyr, that may nat been ydel; for fyr faileth anoon as it forleteth his wirkinge, and right so grace fayleth anoon as it forleteth his werkinge.
As wel in goost as body chast was she; For which she floured in virginitee With alle humilitee and abstinence, 45 With alle attemperaunce and pacience, With mesure eek of bering and array.
O my Custance, wel may thy goost have fere And sleping in thy dreem been in penance, When Donegild caste al this ordinance!
Here bigynneth the prologe of the tale of the Wyf of Bathe; Hl.
This Somnour in his stiropes hye stood; 1665 Up-on this Frere his herte was so wood, That lyk an aspen leef he quook for yre.
And after this, thanne shul ye examine the seconde condicioun, which that the same Tullius addeth in this matere.
The holy goost wyll be with the & teche [the] to kepe them parfytly.
Where after we shall neuer haue hongre ne thurst / seynge the than / not as we now do / in mysteryes & of ferre home / but thenne shall we see the face to face in glorye with thy fader in vnyte of the holy goost by all worldes Amen.
And the vnclene goost debrekynge hym, and cryinge with grete vois, wente awey fro hym.
And anoon he styinge vp of the water, sayth heuenes openyd, and the Holy Goost cummynge doun as a culuere, and dwellynge in hym.
His lighte goostful blisfully is went Up to the holownesse of the seventh spere.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "goost" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
