Quha quhen King Robert Bruce was tane presonare in handis be the Inglismen at ane feild besyde Methven, and thay that tuke him cryit in scorne and derisioun, Quha will help the new maid King?
His faice was terrible, his noise lyk the bek of ane egle, gret bournyng eyn; his handis and leggis wer herry, with clawes vpon his handis, and feit lyk the griffon.
Bot Margret Wilson, in Auldearne, wold defend hir selfe fynelie, and cast wp hir handis to keip the stroakis off from hir; and Bessie Wilson would speak crustie with hir townge, and wold be belling again to him stowtlie.
It wanted no mark of a child; and the handis of it folded down by its sydes.
He was proved to be their murderer, for when the dead men were found, and he was "forcit to lay his handis vpoun thame, they guishit out with bluid and watter at the mouth and noise.
And be ware how ye ben bownd in any obligacion to any creature but if it be leyd in endifferent handis and trosty for yowr part.
We answere, Becaus that suddandlie the most parte of us declyned from the puritie of Goddis word, and began to follow the warld; and so agane to schaik handis with the Devill, and with idolatrie, as in this Fourte Booke we will hear.
Him hes God punished, evin according to the threatnyngis that his and your earis heard; and by your handis hath God executed his judgementis.
Thair credytt was defaced at the handis of suche as befoir war not eschamed to have used thair counsall, in materis of greattar importance then to have resisted the Messe.
Syne with all handis besaly Thai schupe thame with thar apparale Thame of the toune for till assale.
Sum gat the castell, bot nocht all; 125 And sum ar slyddin our the wall, And sum war in-to handis tane, And sum war in the bargane slane.
In the Alexander it is said of the slaughter accomplished by Porrus: "Of handis and heidis baith braune and blude He maid ane lardnare quhare he stood" (p.
Thai com ner by thar but abaid, And send haly thair hors thame fra, And on range in ane rod can ga On handis and feit, quhen thai war neir, 380 Richt as thai ky and oxin weir, That war unbondyn left therout.
Thai wende the Douglas and his men 392 Had beyn oxyne, for thai yheid then On handis and feit, ay ane and ane.
Throu-out the wod thame chasit thai, And sesit in sic fusione thar pray, 130 That all the folk of thar host war Refreschit weill ane owk or mair.
Than he assemblit a gret menyhe Of folk of full gret renowne.
And Schir Richard of Clare in hy, Quhen Schir Edward wes passit by, 100 Send wicht yhomen, that weill couth schut, To bikkir the reirward apon fut.
And be the armys led was he With twa men, apon the cawse That wes betuix thame and the toune, That strekit lang in a randoune.
And ane othir come eftir neir: And rycht apon the sammyn maner Thai com, quhill seven battellis braid Out-our that high ryg passit had.
Quhen this wes done, that I yhou say, Thai went all furth in gud aray, 420 And tuk the playne full apertly.
Syne throu the Largys, him allane, Till Ennirkyp the way has tane, Richt till the castell that wes then Stuffit all with Inglis men, 100 That him resavit in gret dante.
E Thai ger thaim cum apon thaim doun: which does not make sense.
This poynt of weir, I tak on hand, Wes undirstane so apertly, And eschevit richt hardely.
Sa na man say, quhill I may dre, 'That strynth of men sall ger me fle!
For thai of Lorn, full manlely, 72 Grete and apert defens can ma.
Than till thair innys went thai soyne, 330 And ordanit thame for the fichting; Syne assemblit in the evynnyng, And swa-gat all the nycht baid thai Till on the morn that it wes day.
And richt swa did the lord Douglas; And quhen that he reparit was, Thai mycht emang thair fayis se 385 Thair palyheownys soyne stentit be.
In the night tym we cam into Mr. Harie Forbes chalmer, quhair he lay, with owr handis all smeared [.
Ve wer al on owr kneyis, and owr hair about our eyes, looking on the Divell stedfastlie, and our handis lifted up to him, saying the vordes ower.
His men entryt, that worthy war in deid, In handis hynt, and stekit of the layff.
Roxburch, Berweik, at ouris lang tym has beyn 1515 “In to the handis off you fals Sotherone keyn.
The tothir four in handis sone war hynt, Derfly to dede stekit or thai wald stynt.
Sumpart amowet, wraithly till it he went; Be forss off handis it raist out of the stent; Thre yerde off breide alss off the wall puld out.
Wallace stud still, and couth na handis ta; Frendschipe to thaim na liknes wald he ma.
Eftyr mydnycht in handis thai haiff him tane, Dyschowyll on sleipe, with him na man bot ane.
In handis sum thai straik with out remed; Na Sotheroun past with lyff out off that sted.
Than alss mony as handis mycht on him lay, Beforce hym hynt for till haiff him away.
Have ye not desyre to lauch to see me lie sa weill, at ye leist to dissembill sa weill, and to tell him treuth betwix handis {i.
And added, "That in one instant God delivered all that cumpany in the handis of unfaythfull men, but so wald he nott releave thame.
Whareunto the said Johnne answered, "That such fear proceided nott from Goddis Spreat, but only from ane blynd luif of the self; and tharefor, that no good purpoise was to be stayed for thingis that war in the handis and power of God.
For it is said, That whare the men war nott sufficient to tack the handis of presonaris, some rane to houssis, and randred thame selfis to wemen.
All this being done, thei bound Maister George's handis behind his back, and led him furth with thare soldeouris, from the Castell, to the place of thare cruell and wicked executioun.
For reformacion of whiche gret injuries conspired, shewed, and doone, alle ye put to youre handis to this paast and matier.
Your handis ar cauld, fayr ladie, sayd hee, (The caulder hand the trewer hairt.
The ladie's handis were quhyte als milk, (Ringis my luve wore mair nor ane.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "handis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
