He sayde they were merye and gladde: for they that dwelle there a yere (quod he) be as men that were franticke and out of theyr myndes.
The chylde, beinge sore constrayned of his mother, shortelye deuysed a propre merye leasynge.
The same Antony dyned on a tyme with a sorte of merye felowes, amonge whome there was one that greatly spited[291] him in his scoffes and merye iestes.
To comforte hym there came a very merye man whiche, as they talked to gether sayde, he wolde teache hym suche a rule that, if he wold folowe it, he shuld neuer falle from tree more.
There was a felowe dwellynge at Florence, called Nigniaca, whiche was nat verye wyse, nor all a foole, but merye and iocunde.
In the towne of Louen[288] was a chaplayne called Antonye, of whose merye sayenges and doynges is moche talkynge.
And forthy, if thou wolt fleen the perilous aventure, that is to seyn, of the worlde; have minde certeinly to ficchen thyn hous of a merye site in a lowe stoon.
That nycht thai maid thame merye cher; Richt all than at thair eis thai wer.
The tothir said, 'It is na dout 'He sall mak merye this nycht, thouch thai 'Be with the Douglas led away.
And then when our table was tak[~e] vp, they fedde oure mindes wyth their merye deuises, leaste wee shoulde thinke the time werysome.
The title of this English translation is, "Here beginneht a merye Jest of a man that was called Howleglas, and of many marveylous thinges and jestes that he dyd in his lyfe, in Eastlande, and in many other places.
His "Merye Tales" are all personal of himself, and we should be inclined to say that his jests and his poetry are equally bad.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "merye" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
