Lyve as thei leren us, And for hir lyvynge that lewed men Be the lother God agulten.
If lewed men knewe this Latyn, Thei wolde loke whom thei yeve, And avisen hem bifore A fyve dayes or sixe, Er thei amortisede to monkes Or chanons hir rente.
Gooth to the glose of thise vers, 9770 Ye grete clerkes; If I lye on yow to my lewed wit, Ledeth me to brennyng.
But for I am a lewed man, Paraunter I myghte Passen par adventure, And in some poynt erren, I wil nought this matere Maistrely avowen.
Lewed counseil have ye, To gyve from youre heires That youre aiels yow lefte, And gyveth it to bidde for yow Fo swiche that ben riche, And ben founded and feffed ek To bidde for othere.
Bothe lettred and lewed Beth alayed now with synne, That no lif loveth oother, Ne oure Lord, as it semeth.
Hir dedes shuld be as bright as sterre, Hir living, lewed mannes light; 970 They say, the pope may not erre, Nede must that passe mannes might.
And otherwhile of his falshede He feignede him to conne arede Of thing which after scholde falle; Wherof among hise sleyhtes alle 930 He hath the lewed folk deceived, So that the betre he was received.
For lettred men were lewed men yet, Ne were loore of hir bokes.
Lewed men leved it wel, And liked hise wordes; Comen up knelynge To kissen hise bulles.
Dominus pars hereditatis meae, Is a murye verset, That hath take fro Tybourne Twenty stronge theves; Ther lewed theves ben lolled up, Loke how thei be saved.
Ac the matere that she meved, If lewed men it knewe, The lasse, as I leve, Lovyen it thei wolde.
For be he lewed man, or elles lered, He noot how sone that he shal been afered.
This every lewed viker or person (300) Can seye, how Ire engendreth homicyde.
I stonde lyk a clerk in my pulpet, And whan the lewed peple is doun y-set, I preche, so as ye han herd bifore, And telle an hundred false Iapes more.
Now is nat that of God a ful fair grace, That swich a lewed mannes wit shal pace The wisdom of an heep of lerned men?
The Reve answerde and seyde, 'stint thy clappe, Lat be thy lewed dronken harlotrye.
Than telle I hem ensamples many oon 435 Of olde stories, longe tyme agoon: For lewed peple loven tales olde; Swich thinges can they wel reporte and holde.
Of sondry doutes thus they Iangle and trete, 220 As lewed peple demeth comunly Of thinges that ben maad more subtilly Than they can in her lewednes comprehende; They demen gladly to the badder ende.
Al be hit that he can nat wel endyte, Yet hath he maked lewed folk delyte 415 +To serve you, in preysing of your name.
But wel I wot, with that he can endyte, He hath maked lewed folk delyte +To serve you, in preysing of your name.
Thus they trade their lyues in lewed lothsome lechery.
Ne mai no lewed lued libben in londe, be he never in hyrt so haver of honde, So lerede us biledes.
And therfore for the comonalte, þat blythely wild listen to me, On light lange I it begann, For luf of the lewed mann.
I made it not for to be praysed, Bot at þe lewedmenn were aysed.
And the lady answerde, sythe that I may not withdrawe zou fro zoure lewed corage, I schal zeve zou with outen wysschinge, and to alle hem that schulle com of you.
Ze scholde zeven ensample to the lewed peple, for to do wel; and zee zeven hem ensample to don evylle.
The clerkes han rounde crounes, and the lewed men han crownes alle square: and thei holden Cristene lawe, as don thei of Grece; of whom I have spoken of before.
No more wot a lewed prest hys gospel wat he rat By day.
Though now at a public school, I was shy, and reserved, but greedily listened to all the lewed talk, of which I did not believe a great deal.
Without any definite intention as far as I can remember, but simply for lewed gratification, I went up to, and addressed her.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lewed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
