The Bischope, to declair the zeall that he had to revenge the death of him that was his predecessour, (and yit for his wishe he wold nott haif had him leaving agane,) still blew the coallis.
And Jesu haif your Lordschipe in everlesting keaping.
The brut of the learnyng of these two, and thare honest lyiff, and of thare fervencye and uprychtnes in religioun, was such, that great esperance thare was, that thare presence should haif bene confortable to the Kirk of God.
It is nocht unknawin quhat ennemyis thir twa Tounis have, and quhow glaidlie wald sum haif all guid ordour and pollecey owerthrawin in thame.
What ye woldhaif frome Scotland, let me know this Monunday at nycht; for hie must depart on Tyisday.
It may be that, as we haif trusted in thame, so have thei putt too muche confidence in thair awin strenth.
Had I my horse, and harness gude, And ryding as I wont to be, 110 It sould haif bene tald this hundred yeir, The meiting of my King and me!
Scho suld haif found me meil and malt, And beif and mutton in all plentie; But neir a Scots wyfe could haif said, That eir I skaithd her a pure flie.
Gif I had leived but seven yeirs mair, I wald haif gilt thee round about.
But had I kend, or I came frae hame, How thou unkind wadst bene to me, 90 I wad haif kept the Border syde, In spyte of all thy force and thee.
To seik het water beneth cauld yce, 85 Surely it is a great folie; I haif asked grace at a graceles face, But there is nane for my men and me!
Robin, thow hes hard soung and say, In gestis and storeis auld, The man that will nocht quhen he may Sall haif nocht quhen he wald.
All haill thy hairt for till haif myne Is all my cuvating; My scheip to-morn, quhyle houris nyne, Will neid of no keping.
Makyne, I haif been here this quhyle; At hame God gif I wair.
Than Thome Reid went away fra me, in throw the yard of Monk castell; and I thocht he gait in at ane naroware hoill of the dyke, nor ony erdlie man culd haif gane throw, and swa I was sum thing fleit.
And thai within, that saw thame swa 605 So gret apparale schap till ma, Throu Crabbis consale, that wes sle, Ane cren thai haif gert dres up hey Rynand on quhelis, that thai mycht bring It quhar neid war of mast helping.
Henryson has it in his Robene and Makyne, "I haifthee luvit loud and still.
Then he yeid to tak up the bairnis, Thocht to haif fund thame fair and clene; The first that he gat in his armis 95 Was all bedirtin to the ene.
Yeis lay ane soft wisp to the kill; We haif ane deir ferme on o[u]r heid; 30 And ay as ye gang furth and in, Keip weill the gaislingis fra the gled.
Than in the mornyng up scho gatt, And on hir hairt laid hir disjune; Scho put als mekle in hir lap, As micht haif ser[v]d them baith at nune.
He trailit foull scheitis doun the gait, Thought to haif wescht thame on ane stane; The burne wes rissin grit of spait, Away fra him the scheitis hes tane.
You better knock off dis aifternoon, Kraikory, and go haifsome fun.
Aifter exaiming five tousand tol-lars vort of goots, he tried to chew me down on a two tollar and a haif plated gold vatch-chain.
But I must haif my shoke, you know; I cain't help it.
Vail, I cain't help it; I must haif my shoke, you know, Solly.
I guess I haif to raise your sailary next New Years.
Tell him I be prout to haif him for my guest as long as he'll stay.
Vail, Solomon, if you was as vise as your namesake, you might haifknown dot mitout my going into so much eggsblanations.
When I was your age I didn't haif no chaince at vun; and dot's why I'm so eeknorant.
Quha likis till haifmar knawlage in that part, Go reid the rycht lyne of the fyrst Stewart.
Thar horss bled fast, that gert him dredyng haiff: 780 Off his gud men he wald haif had the laiff.
He is rycht ner, we sall him haif but faill; “This febill woode may him litill awaill.
In the Gask hall thair lugyng haif thai tayne; 175 Fyr gat thai sone, bot meyt than had thai nane.
At the Corheid full fayne thai wald haif beyne; Bot Inglissmen weyll has thair purposs seyne.
He drew a suerd at helpit him at neide, 55 Throuch oute the thikest of the press he yeid; And at his horss full fayne he wald haif beyne.
Thai had leuir haif seyne him with thair eyne, 140 Leyffand in lyff, as thai knew him befor, Than of cler gold a fyne mylyone and mor.
A sone he had, bathe wyss, worthi and wicht; Alexander the ferss at Berweik maid him knycht, Quhar schawyn wes off battaill till haif beyne, Betuex Scottis and the bauld Persie keyne.
But sen ze think it easy thing To mount aboif the mune, Of our awin fidle tak a spring, And daunce quhen ze haif done.
For I haif aft hard suith men say, And we may see oursells, That fortune helps the hardy aye, And pultrones aye repels.
Get and saif and thou salt haif, Len and grant and thou salt want; Wha in his plenty taks not heid, He sall haif falt in time of need.
The king wes put to sic a sharp point, that he wes determinit to haif left the realme, and to haif passit in Fraunce by sey, were not that bischop James Kennedy of St. Androis causit him to tarrye.
Ze gar (force) me dissemble sa far that I haif horring thairat; and ye caus me do almaist the office of a traitores.
Waryit mot this pockische man be that causes me haif sa mekle pane, for without him I suld have an far plesander subject to discourse upon.
Wareit {cursed} mocht this pokishe man be, that causes me haif sa meikill pane, for without hym I wald haif ane far mair plesant subject to discourse upoun.
Ze promysit uther maner of mater of zour foirseing, bot absence hes power over zow, quha haiftwa stringis to zour bow.
Eftir the messis wer done with maist solempnitie and reverence, comperit afore him mony young and insolent baronis of Scotland, richt desirus to haif sum plesur and solace, be chace of hundis in the said forest.
Than the king kest abak his handis betwix the tindis of this hart, to haif savit him fra the strak thairof; and the haly croce slaid, incontinent, in his handis.
Thy name than from Fame than Sall neuir be cut aff: Thy graif ay sall haif ay That honest epitaff.
Haif thou na help bot Hope and him, They may beguyle thé baith.
He gart his feit defend his heid, He thocht ane cryd haif at him, Quhill he wes past out of all pleid[986] He suld bene swift that gat him Throw speid, At Chrystis kirk of the grene.
Licht-skirtit lasses, and the girnand wyfe, Fleming and Scot haif painted to the lyfe.
Than do as thou wald haif thy deidis In register of fame.
I sie now,” quod he now, “Ye haif bene at the schuting.
And four honest-like wemene wer very ernist and instant to haif itt.
He ansuerit, "Ane of thame sould be in perrell, and that he sould haif ane of thame.
Lethingtoun: "Haif ye not maid convocatioun of the Quenis leigis?
I haifno plesour," said Johne Knox, "to declyne from the formar purpoise.
The Papistis, a little befoir the Parliament, resorted in diverse bandis to the towne, and began to brag, as that thai wald haif defaced the Protestantes.
Lat me haif your jugementis thairof, quhidder that I haif usurped onie power to my self, or gif I haif bot obeyit your commandiment.
That subjectis haif refuseit to stryke innocentis whan ane King commandit, and in so doing denyit no just obedience.
Makyne, I haif bene heir this quyle: At hame God gif I wair!
Robene, tak tent unto my taill, And wirk all as I reid, And thow sall haif my hairt all haill, 35 Eik and my madinheid.
Robene, thou hes hard soung and say, In gestis and storeis auld, 90 The man that will not quhen he may, Sall haif nocht quhen he wald.
She haif cot wife, and fery hexcellent boddach, with two childs after him.
Robin, he answert her againe, 25 I wat not quhat is luve; But I haif marvel in certaine Quhat makes thee thus wanrufe.
My fond heart will never forget; Though drear is the dule I haif suffer'd sin syne, That hour gars my heart beat warmly yet.
But it wuld haif saften'd the dullest wicht, If ae moment that wicht might see Her bonny breast o' the purest snaw, That heavit wi' luve sae tenderlie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "haif" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
