Hear them I did," quoth he; "but meseemeth nought like a Queen had they done with thee.
Let us press on; there is a moon, though she be somewhat hidden by clouds, and meseemeth the way lieth clear before me; neither are we a great way from the Tofts.
And, moreover, though meseemeth the Blessed Virgin would have a hot lover in thee were she to come down to earth anigh thy dwelling, yet trow I thy tale, that thou hast dealt with my Lady in honour.
Said the man who had looked to Christopher's wound, and had put aside his coat and shirt: "He is sore hurt, but meseemeth not deadly.
Then bring him hither, and meseemeth he will see me with a good will.
But, sir, meseemeth that thou be a knight, and I would serve thee with a right good will if it please thee.
I am in sooth so changed, meseemeth some vile demon doth possess me betimes!
For O, dear my son, meseemeththat God hath raised thee up to succour these afflicted, to shield the weak and helpless--hath made thee great and mightier than most to smite Evil that it may flee before thee.
Then Sir Gringamore bethought him for a little while, and anon he said: "Meseemeth it is needful that we have this dwarf for so only shall we come to know who that knight is.
Hah," said Lynette, "meseemeth you speak very saucily for a kitchen knave.
Wherefore meseemeth I speak what God would have me say when I tell thee that though neither thou nor any man may undo that which is done, nor recommit that which is committed, yet there is this which thou or any man mayest do.
Greatly is she beloved in this land by reason of her virtues; meseemeth she hath not her like in all the world.
Meseemeth I must leave this land and ride at errantry, for all I desired is vanished.
And now I will not hide that meseemeth I have seen you before, and that was at Cleveland by the Sea when the days were happier.
I shall not fall out with him; for seldom meseemeth shall I see the Isle of Ransom.
Said Hallblithe: "Meseemeth the land which ye seek is the land which I seek to flee from.
For with me time presses, and with you meseemeth time is nought.
Hallblithe answered thereto as long as he might, but at last he laughed and said: "Friend, forbear thy questions now; for meseemeth in a few hours thou shalt be as wise hereon as is the God of Love himself.
Then the King said to Hallblithe: "Thou also art welcome; I know thee who thou art: meseemeth great joy awaiteth thee, and I will fulfil thy desire to the uttermost.
Then laughed Hallblithe and said: "Nay, meseemeth to-night I shall need war-gear no more.
For abiding here has become irksome to me, and meseemeth that hope is yet alive without the Glittering Plain.
Heaven forefend that he should be cut off, but meseemeth that we have no right to destroy the evidence that may one day be a precious thing to the kingdom at large.
Meseemeth thou art a stranger and knowest not this country; so, with my lord's permission, I will put myself at his service and acquaint him with the streets, for that I know this city.
When the princess read the letter and apprehended its contents, she said, "Meseemeth he recalleth to me that which I did aforetime.
But now meseemeth overlong have ye been standing before our Gate, and it is time that ye should see the inside of our Burg and the inside of our House.
Grim things there are in the woods, and things fair enough also: but meseemeth that the trolls and the elves of thy young years have been frighted away.
And now meseemeththe Gods love this Folk that shall dwell here; and they shall become a mighty Folk, and a part of our very selves.
Yet meseemeth it were not ill for thee to find the road to Rose-dale; for I have it in my mind to send a company thither to give those Rose-dale man-quellers somewhat to do at home when we fall upon Silver-dale.
So sorry were the tidings that came of it, that now meseemeth my heart should be of stone and not my face, had it not been for the love wherewith I have loved the sons of the kindred.
Rather meseemeth I do not believe in it--nor shall do ever.
Quoth Gold-mane: 'It was even I, and meseemeth it was no great deed to do.
And thou meseemeth art overlate on the field: the mowing of this meadow is no sluggard's work.
Yet meseemeththat she drew me hither: for what cause?
And meseemeth that this is through the wizardry of these felons, who, even dead as they are, have cast spells over us.
Truly meseemeththat the despising of His Word lieth more in the neglect thereof.
I wis that I have an evil heart like as they had, but meseemeth that mine is not worser than were theirs, wherefore I count that promise made unto myself also.
Moreover, meseemeth for the same reason, that the blessed Virgin Saint Mary, who is now in heaven with her Son and Lord, Christ, would not be in any wise over well pleased if she wist how men do worship unto her on the earth.
See now, Master Ambrose, meseemeth that thou hadst best take thy letter first to this same priest.
Meseemeth that the story / hath not been told to thee aright.
Meseemeth that Sir Siegfried / full many a to-and-fro Did ride with his good followers / along 'fore many a tent.
If that belief were very heartfelt, it should be life and comfort; butmeseemeth thy manner of belief is not heartfelt, but headful.
Meseemeth I should be as well employed in leading her horse as another, and could show my chivalry as well towards mine old mother as any other lady.
Meseemeth that if thou hadst but cumbered somewhat to teach me mercy in my callow youth, all soulless as I was I might perchance have learned somewhat of it.
But sometimes meseemeth that her very self is near me, standing as I best knew her, arms outheld, face aglow.
Meseemeth that the Queen and King Ethelbert love each other not, or mayhap.
And though the suffering of Jesus was seen of men when his body hung upon the cross, yet meseemeth it was seen of God when he was prostrate upon the ground in Gethsemane, and his soul was crying unto the Lord and saying, "if it be possible.
Presently one of the townsfolk accosted me and said to me, "O my lord, meseemeth thou art a stranger to these parts?
Quoth Musa, "I hear thee praise the Lord and hallow Him, and meseemeththou rejoicest.
Meseemeth this is a strange thing of thee that thou art compassed about with this vast army, yet dost thou apply thyself in person to battle and adventurest thyself.
O young is the world yet meseemeth and the hope of it flourishing green, When the words of a man unremembered so bridge all the days that have been, As we look round about on the land that these nine hundred years he hath seen.
For betwixt the oak-tree and the thorn Meseemeth erewhile was I born.
Sir, said Palomides, meseemeth that there was as great an ordinance at the Castle of Maidens upon the rock, where ye won the prize, for I saw myself where ye forjousted thirty knights.
And then he said with fair speech: Good man, lay down that sword, for as meseemeth thou hadst more need of sleep and of warm clothes than to wield that sword.
It is not long ago sithen I smote you to the earth at your own request and desire: I would have ridden by you, but ye would not suffer me, and now meseemeth ye would do more battle with me.
Fair lords, said Sir Bors, meseemeth ye say not as ye should say, for never yet in my days knew I never nor heard say that ever she was a destroyer of any good knight.
Sir, said Alice la Beale Pilgrim, meseemeth ye are much beholding to this maiden.
So God me help, said King Arthur, meseemeth yonder is the best jouster that ever I saw.
Brother, said Sir Launcelot, wit ye well I am full loath to depart out of this realm, but the queen hath defended me so highly, that meseemeth she will never be my good lady as she hath been.
Sir, she said, truly he is there, and meseemeth he should be distract out of his wit.
That is not best, said the queen; meseemeth now ye have done so much harm, it will be best ye hold you still with this.
Sir, said Palomides, I said it not because I would joust with you, but meseemeth that ye have overmuch on hand.
Alas, said Sir Launcelot, I have no heart to fight against my lord Arthur, for ever meseemeth I do not as I ought to do.
Sir, said his host, ye shall have your desire, for meseemeth ye be one of the likeliest knights of the world, and therefore I shall shew you friendship.
And my good lord, meseemeth I had lost a great part of my worship in my knighthood an I had suffered my lady, your queen, to have been brent, and insomuch she should have been brent for my sake.
Sir," saith the damsel, "Meseemeth that you are not over joyous.
Messire Gawain," saith Perceval, "Meseemeth you did best above all other.
By the name of God," saith the other, "Meseemeth it clear that the Vavasour would fain that knights should kill each other.
Sir," saith he, "Meseemeth you are not of more than forty years.
There was peace of the war, as was agreed on between you and the King, but and if any should therefore hold Lancelot to blame of the death of Meliant, meseemeth that therein is he wrong.
Sir," saith he, "Meseemeth you are not over joyous.
Damsel," saith he, "Meseemeth you are not over joyous.
Yea, sir, a right foul custom, whereof much it grieveth me, but wellmeseemeth that you are the knight to amend it by the help of God.
Lady," saith Perceval, "Well meseemeth that he who shall win the cup by prize of arms will be right courteous and he send it to you, and God grant that he that hath it may do you such bounty as you desire.
Meseemeth I have now discovered whence thou gottest that close knowledge of Bedford Castle which stood thee in such good stead at the Council of Northampton.
When the Princess read the letter and mastered its meaning, she said, "Meseemeth he recalleth bygones to me.
Meseemeth thou art a stranger and knowest not this country; so, with leave of my lord, I will put myself at his service and acquaint him with the streets, for that I know this city.
Savage; meseemeth that it were well done that Arthur had witting of you both, for your horses are so bruised that they may not bear.
Sir, said the damosel unto Sir Gawaine, meseemeth it were your worship to help that dolorous knight, for methinketh he is one of the best knights that ever I saw.
Also, sister, meseemeth ye might have done me to wit of his coming, and then an I had not done well to him ye might have blamed me.
By the good lord, said Sir Tristram, he is a good knight that beareth the shield of Cornwall, and meseemeth he rideth in the best manner that ever I saw knight ride.
Sir, said Lamorak, then will I counsel you deal no more with him, for meseemeth by his countenance he should be a noble knight, and no japer; for methinketh he should be of the Table Round.
If thou have so done, said Beaumains, meseemeth it was but waste labour, for she loveth none of thy fellowship, and thou to love that loveth not thee is but great folly.
Then Sir Lamorak rode after him, and prayed him to tell him his name: For meseemeth ye should be of the fellowship of the Round Table.
But ever she said unto Dame Bragwaine: Meseemeth I should have seen him heretofore in many places.
Also here was a child, and told me many things that meseemeth he should not know, for he was not of age to know my father.
Hearing these words the Shaykh smiled in his face and replied, "O my son, meseemeththou art a stranger?
When he saw this, he said in himself, "Meseemeth these here be mistaken in me; or else they are of the company of us Hashish-eaters.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "meseemeth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
