And this hath Minos don, right in despyt; To wreke his sone was set al his delyt, And maken hem of Athenes his thral 1940 Fro yere to yere, whyl that he liven shal; And hoom he saileth whan this toun is wonne.
His wyse folk to conseil han him yiven To seken help and socour of the queen, And loken what his grace mighte been, (40) And maken in that lond som chevisaunce, To kepen him fro wo and fro mischaunce.
And, for to maken shortly is the beste, She wex his wyf, and hadde him as hir leste.
I turne ageyn; 6295 I wol no more of this thing seyn, If I may passen me herby; I mighte maken you wery.
They maken it hole in many wyse, And hoten hem hir ful servyse, How sore that it do hem smerte, 5445 Into hir very naked sherte!
And yif this love slakede the brydeles, alle thinges that now loven hem to-gederes wolden maken a bataile continuely, and stryven to fordoon the fasoun of this worlde, the whiche they now leden in acordable feith by faire moevinges.
And if thy voice be fair and clere, Thou shalt maken no gret daungere Whan to singe they goodly preye; It is thy worship for to obeye.
But first they helde her parlement, Whether it to done were To maken hem be knowen there, 7360 Or elles walken forth disgysed.
But money may maken Mesure of the peyne; After that his power is to payen, His penaunce shal fayle.
Thuse thre manere mynstrales Maken a man to lauhe; In hus deth deyng Thei don hym gret comfort, That by hus lyfe loveth hem, And loveth hem to huyre.
And at the lullyng of oure lady The wymmen to lyken, And miracles of mydwyves, And maken wymmen to wenen That the lace of oure Lady smok Lighteth hem of children.
Though the tax of ten yere Were trewely y-gadered, Nolde it nought maken that hous Half, as I trowe.
Thou saist, that droppyng houses, and eek smoke, And chydyng wyves, maken men to fle Out of here oughne hous.
Sikerli I can nought fynden Who hem first founded; But the foles foundeden hemselfe Freres of the Pye, 130 And maken hem mendynans, And marre the puple.
They shulden maken abbots Her owen bretheren childre, Other of som gentil blod, And so yt best semed, 1510 And fostre none forytoures, Ne swich false freres, To maken fat and fulle And her flesh combren.
And of hire ribbes, and of the pennes of hire wenges, men maken bowes full stronge, to schote with arwes and quarell.
Swiche motyves thei mene, Thise maistres in hir glorie, And maken men in mys-bileve That muse muche on hire wordes, Ymaginatif herafterwarde 5840 Shal answere to hir purpos.
Thanne wowede Wrong Wisdom ful yerne, 2230 To maken pees with his pens, Handy dandy payed.
The kyng called a clerk, 1360 Kan I noght his name, To take Mede the maide And maken hire at ese.
Wiltow or neltow, We wol have oure wille Of thi flour and of thi flesshe, 4110 Fecche whanne us liketh; And maken us murye thermyde, Maugree thi chekes.
Lawe is so lordlich And looth to maken ende, 1680 Withouten presentz or pens She pleseth wel fewe.
Diverse scoles maken parfit clerkes; Divers praktyk in many sondry werkes Maketh the werkman parfit sekirly; Of fyve housbondes scolering am I.
Diverse scoles maken parfyt clerkes, And diverse practyk in many sondry werkes Maken the werkman parfyt sekirly; Of five husbondes scoleryng am I.
For to bere thi word so wyde, And maken of the rym and raf.
Justises dede he maken newe, Al engelond to faren þorw, 264 Fro douere i{n}to rokesborw.
How than may this 85 lyf maken men blisful, that whan it passeth it yeveth no wrecchednesse, and many tymes blisse, if in this lyfe he con live as he shulde?
Certes, in dignite of office, the werkes of the occupyer shewen the malice and the 30 badnesse in the person; with shrewes they maken manyfolde harmes, and moche people shamen.
Avayleth aught (quod she) power of might in mayntenaunce of [men, to maken hem] worthy to come to this knot?
But among legistres there dar I not come; my doinge[s], they sayn, maken hem nedy.
They maken parsons for the penny, And canons of hir cardinals; 310 Unnethes amongest hem all any That he ne hath glosed the gospell fals!
Than muste richesse ben nedy, that in their having maken thee nedy to helpes, in suretee thy richesse to kepen; wherthrough foloweth, richesse to ben nedy.
I purpos here to maken and to write A litil tretise, and a processe make In pris of women, oonli for hir sake.
For many men theymaken shende; 850 They weten well, the sothe I say, But the divell hath foule hem blend.
We shall pray the heyward home to our house, And makenhim at ease, for the maistry!
The Complaint to Pity shows how he succeeded in this; also the Complaint of Mars and the poem called the Complaint of Venus, which is a translation from Oton de Granson, 'the floure of hem that maken in France'.
I am disposed bet, so mote I go, Un-to my deeth, to pleyne and maken wo.
She wol not maken peple nycely Gaure on hir, whan she comth; but softely By nighte in-to the toun she thenketh ryde.
Criseyde, at shorte wordes for to telle, Welcomed him, and doun by hir him sette; And he was ethe y-nough to maken dwelle.
By god, ye maken me right sore a-drad, 115 Ye ben so wilde, it semeth as ye rave!
This is o word for al: this Troilus 1660 Was never ful to speke of this matere, And for to preysen un-to Pandarus The bountee of his righte lady dere, And Pandarus to thanke and maken chere.
Robin Hood stood under the greenwood tree, thinking of Will Stutely and how he might be faring, when suddenly he saw two of his stout yeomen come running down the forest path, and betwixt them ran buxom Maken of the Blue Boar.
So saying, he strode away toward the forest, talking to himself, while the landlord and his worthy dame and Maken stood looking after him, and laughed when he had fairly gone.
For up he rigteð him redi to deren, to deren er to ded maken if he it muge forðen.
Whan thou art come into the place, Wher now theimaken gret manace And upon thi comynge abyde, Thei wole anon the same tide 1600 Oppose thee of thin answere.
So what with hepe and what with crok Thei make here maister ofte winne And wol noght knowe what is sinne For coveitise, and thus, men sain, Thei maken many a fals bargain.
And thus with leve and time assised 440 This yonge Prince forth he wente, And understod wel what it mente, Withinne his herte as he was lered, That forto maken him afered The king his time hath so deslaied.
Bot for al that it is noght spared Yit nou aday, that men ne pile, And maken argument and skile To Sacrilegge as it belongeth, For what man that ther after longeth, 7030 He takth non hiede what he doth.
And natheles men se poverte With porsuite and continuance Fulofte make a gret chevance And take of love his avantage, Forth with the help of his brocage, That maken seme wher is noght.
I shoulde to the knotte condescend, And maken of her walking soon an end.
Tragedy is to say a certain storie, As olde bookes maken us memorie, Of him that stood in great prosperitee And is yfallen out of high degree Into misery and endeth wretchedly.
Our Lord Iesu saith, Blessed motte they bee That maken peace; that is tranquillitee.
Ne a fouler thral may no man ne womman maken of his body, than for to yeven his body to sinne.
Thanne is it wisdom, as it thinketh me, To maken vertu of necessitee, And take it wel, that we may nat eschue, And namely that to us alle is due.
So dide our sexteyn and our fermerer, That han been trewe freres fifty yeer; 1860 They may now, god be thanked of his lone, Maken hir Iubilee and walke allone.
The fourthe is curiositee, with greet entente to maken and apparaillen his mete.
Thanne shal man looke and considere, that if he wole maken a trewe and a profitable confessioun, ther moste be foure condiciouns.
But, lordes, wol ye maken assurance, As I shal seyn, assenting to my lore, And I shall make us sauf for evermore?
And therfore, in somme contrees ther they byen thralles, whan they han turned hem to the feith, they maken hir thralles free out of thraldom.
Now comth the sinne of double tonge; swiche as speken faire biforn folk, and wikkedly bihinde; or elles they maken semblant as though they speke of good entencioun, or elles in game and pley, and yet they speke of wikked entente.
After this comth the sinne of Iaperes, that been the develes apes; for they maken folk to laughe at hir Iaperie, as folk doon at [611] the gaudes of an ape.
Ther is a maner tree, as seith seint Isidre, that whan men maken fyr of thilke tree, and covere the coles of it with asshen, soothly the fyr of it wol lasten al a yeer or more.
Envye and Ire maken bitternesse in herte; which bitternesse is moder of Accidie and binimeth him the love of alle goodnesse.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "maken" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
