In þis manere þanne moten kynges han more porciou{n} of wrechednesse þan of welefulnesse.
Ther was ynowh to wepe and crie Among the Modres, whan thei herde Hou wofully this cause ferde, Bot natheles thei moten bowe; And thus wommen ther come ynowhe With children soukende on the Tete.
Thanne,' quod she, 'moten we nedes graunten and confessen that thilke same soverein good be god.
And yif preysinge maketh gentilesse, 30 thanne moten they nedes be gentil that ben preysed.
Is it thanne so, that ye men ne han no proper good y-set in you, for which ye moten seken outward youre goodes in foreine and subgit 90 thinges?
And yif thilke delices mowen maken folk blisful, than by the same cause motenthise bestes ben cleped blisful; 10 of whiche bestes al the entencioun hasteth to fulfille hir bodily Iolitee.
That, as hir Ioyes moten over-goon, So mote hir sorwes passen everichoon.
For thilke folk that ben preysed falsly, they moten nedes han shame of hir preysinges.
And yif they comen 5 to-gideres, and ben assembled and cleped to-gidere into o cours, thanne moten thilke thinges fleten to-gidere which that the water of the entrechaunginge flood bringeth.
Ye knowen also, that your richesses moten been dispended in diverse parties; /2560 and whan that every wight hath his part, they ne wollen taken but litel reward to venge thy deeth.
Paulin le mesureur de bled +Paulyn the metar of corne 20 A tant mesure Hath so moche moten De bled et de mestelon Of corne and of mestelyn Quil ne peult plus de viellesse; That he may no more for age; [Sidenote: P.
But certes, wikkednesse shal be warisshed by goodnesse, discord by accord, werre by pees, and so forth of othere thinges.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "moten" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
