And thanne freres in hir fraytour Shul fynden a keye Of Costantyns cofres, In which is the catel That Gregories god-children Han yvele despended.
For he hath thekeye and the cliket, Though the kyng slepe.
And if pitie be the sole and onely keye of Paradise, displaye it now on the behalfe of her, who (forsaken of al humaine succour) attendeth but the fatall houre to be throwen into the fier as a poore innocent lambe in sacrifice.
Chaucer is not always felicitous in his translations:--thus he translates clavus atque gubernaculum by keye and a stiere (p.
First, brekinge of feith; and certes, in feith is the keye of Cristendom.
For now I pleyne, and now I pleye, I am so mased that I deye, Arcite hath born awey the keye Of al my worlde, and my good aventure!
Yit halt thyn ancre, and yit thou mayst arryve Ther bountee berth the keye of my substaunce: And eek thou hast thy beste frend alyve.
Thus the Whole Secret perishes, since Without the Keye & his Instructions 'twould be Impossible to Proceed.
Alas, when he was Stricken, upon the News of Richard's Demise, he had no Chance to tell me All, nor was there among his Papers the Keye nor any Clue to It.
Turne Hellens Keye Three Tennes and Three," he quoted the doggerel verse.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "keye" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
