For men knowen wel that coveitise Is of kene wille, And hath hondes and armes Of ful greet lengthe; And poverte nys but a petit thyng, Apereth noght to his navele; And lovely layk was it nevere Bitwene the longe and the shorte.
That is so kene a fightere, And boold and bidynge While his bagge lasteth.
For shal never brere bere Beries as a vyne, No on crokyd kene thorne Kynde fygys wexe.
Kend it es how [gh]e war kene Al Inglis men with dole to dere.
They that to wommen been y-whet so kene My sharpe persing strokes, how they smyte, Shul fele and knowe; and how they kerve and byte.
Ful lusty was the weder and benigne, For which the foules, agayn the sonne shene, What for the seson and the yonge grene, Ful loude songen hir affecciouns; 55 Him semed han geten hem protecciouns Agayn the swerd of winter kene and cold.
All the kene mene of kampe, knyghtes and other, Killyd are colde dede and castyne over burdez Theire swyers sweyftly has the swete levyde.
Tho drowenĖ thai oute here swordes kene And smyten to-geder by one assente.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kene" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
