Thus Iape I hem, and have do longe, My priveleges been so stronge.
Ther gan our hoste for to Iape and pleye, And seyde, 'sirs, what!
Thou shalt nat eek renne to the preest sodeynly, to tellen him lightly thy sinne, as who-so telleth a Iape or a tale, but avysely and with greet devocioun.
But god forbede that we stinten here; And therfore, if ye vouche-sauf to here 4340 A tale of me, that am a povre man, I wol yow telle as wel as ever I can A litel Iape that fil in our citee.
Thomas, thatIape nis nat worth a myte; Your maladye is for we han to lyte.
Yea and though it were not altogether so directly spoken the very sounding of the word were not commendable, as he that in the presence of Ladies would vse this common Prouerbe, Iape with me but hurt me not, Bourde with me but shame me not.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "iape" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
