Also of signes some bee necessary, as that he liueth whiche dothe breathe, and some probable, as bloude in the garmente, whych myghtealso come oute of the nose, or otherwyse.
For the myghteand power of eloquucion consisteth in wordes considered by them selues, and when they be ioyned together.
And yiff the sawdon off that land Myghte sloo Richard in that feeld With swerd or spere undyr scheeld.
And alle be it that it be possible thing, that men may so envyrone alle the world, natheles of a 1000 persones, on ne myghte not happen to returnen in to his contree.
And he enforced hem with alle his myght to breken hem: but he nemyghte not.
But Machomete made hire to beleeve, that alle tymes, whan he felle so, Gabriel the angel cam for to speke with him; and for the gret lighte and brightnesse of the angelle, he myghte not susteyne him fro fallynge.
And for als moche as he was the moste myghty, and no man myghte withstonde him, he cleped himself the sone of God, and sovereyn of alle the world.
Aftre that was Soudan Sahaladyn, in whoos tyme the Kyng of Englonde, Richarde the firste, with manye othere, kepten the passage, that Sahaladyn ne myghte not passen.
The grete Cane of Cathay hathe gretly coveted that rubye; but he myghte never han it, for werre ne for no maner of godes.
And it is not longe sithen the sepulcre was alle open, that men myghte kisse it and touche it.
And siththen hidrewards, myghte no knyghte se hire, but that he dyede anon.
Of that citee was Zacheus the dwerf, that clomb up in to the Sycomour Tre, for to see oure Lord; be cause he was so litille, he myghte not seen Him for the peple.
Heereby it most euidently appeareth in what sort he will vse vs if he myghte once attayne the soueraynty.
And likewise founde suche couerte of wooddes, that they myghte come néere vnto the Towne, and not to bée séene.
He did secretly accord with one of the Maisters of hys Fléete in the nighte season to bore holes in them, that thereby they myghte synke, wythoute anye remedie to recouer them agayne.
The sixte is a path of pees, Ye, thorugh the paas of Aultone Poverte myghte passe Withouten peril of robbyng.
Ac yut myghte the marchaunt Thorgh monye and other yeftes Have hors and hardy men, Thauh he mette theoves, Wolde non suche asailen hym For hem that hym folweth, As safliche passe as the messager, And as sone at hus hostel.
Canstou no bote, Wher I myght meten with a man That myghte me wyssen 200 For to conne my Crede, Christ for to folwen?
And though a man myghte noght speke, Contricion myghte hym save, And brynge his soule to blisse; For so that feith bere witnesse, That whiles he lyvede, he bilevede In the loore of the holy chirche.
This whit waselede in the feen Almost to the ancle; Foure rotheren hym byforne, That feble were worthi; Men myghte reknen ich a ryb, So rentful they weren.
They slew 300 and Tho founde thai vitaile, thay were glad, carried off as much As moche as thay myghte home be[rh].
Ferombras smote him agayne They deal each other With myghteand may«n», with ire 824 heavy strokes.
The Senatouris assentede sone for the guard of the And saide, bet«er» myghte no man seyne.
Whan̄ thai saugħ that roial sight, Thai leften alle here dede; 2484 And for the tresoure thay do fight, Who so myghte it awey lede.
The gaoler threatened She sued him as faste as she myghte go, to complain to her For to gif him harde grace.
He threwe hem into the River than which he throws into As fer[rh] as he myghte throwe.
John Clyfton mad capytayn therof: and manye of the worthy men there of the citee ben fled into othere cuntres over the see, for drede, with as moche of there goodes as they myghte have with them, and lefte there faire places stonde stille.
Herry Percy was alyve, he was taken up ayen out of his grave, and bounden upright betwen to mille stones, that alle men myghte se that he was ded.
I myghte noght ete many yeres As a man oughte, For envye and yvel wil Is yvel to defie.
Of this matere I myghte Mamelen ful longe; Ac I shal seye as I saugh, So me God helpe!
And al the wikkednesse in this world That man myghte werche or thynke, Nis na-moore to the mercy of God, Than in the see a gleede.
She ledeth the lawe as hire list, And love-daies maketh, And doth men lese thorugh hire love, That lawe myghte wynne The maze for a mene man, Though he mote hire evere.
And alle that holpen hym to erye, To sette or to sowe, Or any oother mestier That myghte Piers availle, Pardon with Piers Plowman Truthe hath y-graunted.
Of this matere I myghte Make a long tale, And fynde fele witnesses Among the foure doctours; And that I lye noght of that I lere thee, Luc bereth witnesse.
And how that it myghte ben, that on scholde chacen a 1000, David himself seythe, folewynge, Quia manus Domini fecit hæc omnia.
And he hathe born before him also a plater of gold fulle of erthe, in tokene that his noblesse and his myghte and his flessche schalle turnen to erthe.
And he had also in his gardyn alle maner of foules and of bestes that ony man myghte thenke on, for to have pley or desport to beholde hem.
But whan he saughe, that he myghte not don it, ne bryng it to an ende, he preyed to God of Nature, that he wolde parforme that that he had begonne.
But thatmyghte not ben to myn avys, that so manye scholde have entred so newely, ne so manye newely slayn, with outen stynkynge and rotynge.
Thenne ther entred into the halle the Holy Graile, covered with whyte samyte, but ther was none myghte see hit, nor who bare hit.
Were there a belle on here beighe, certes, as me thynketh, Men myghte wite where thei went, and awei renne!
Not for thenne there was no knyght myghte speke one word a grete whyle, and soo they loked every man on other, as they had ben domb.
Startled by the sound of his mother tongue he turned back on his course "in gret mervayle, for he knewe not how it myghte be.
He'dde speke yn blowes, yn gottes of blodde he'd wryte, 495 And on thie heafod peyncte hys myghte for aie.
The soldyerres followed wythe a myghtie crie, Cryes, yatte welle myghte the stouteste hartes affraie.
Chatillion hyt the erlie on the hede, Thatt splytte eftsoons his cristed helm in twayne; Whiche he perforce withe target covered, And to the battel went with myghte ameine.
This "myghte cheyne" was raised across the entrance every night so that no ships could get through, and the groove through which it passed was still to be seen.
All this whyle the Gentlemen of the kinge's Traine were searching round aboute the Countrey to fynde his Maiesty, makyng Cryes and Hues, that he myghte heare them.
And althoughe I myghte alleage other reasons to proue my saying, yet referre I my self to the experience and bounty of youre mynd, and to the equity of your Iudgement.
Gineura duryng al this time tooke no reste, deuising howe shee myghte cutte of cleane hir loue entertained in Dom Diego, after she knewe that hee carryed the hawke on his fyst: beyng the onely instrument of her frensie.
Hastou nat herd', quod Nicholas, 'also The sorwe of Noe with his felaweshipe Er that he myghte brynge his wyf to shipe?
They that wer very wyse, either bought lerned seruauntes, or prouided they myghte be lerned, that they myghte be teachers to their children.
The eloquence of the Gracchians was muche merueyled at in tyme paste, but for the most they myghtethanke theyr mother Cornelia for it, as Tullie iudgeth.
Some haue made the letters in sweete crustes and cakes that chyldren loue well, that so in manner they myghte eate vp their letters.
Aristotle whẽ he was axed of a certen mã by what meanes he myghte bringe to pas, to haue a goodly horse: If he be brought vp quod he, among horses of good kynde.
And he had also in his gardyn all maner of fowles and of bestes, that ony man myghte thinke on, for to have pley or desport to beholde hem.
Him thynketh some whylest how he myghte place it withouten the eastern Parte of the Citie, both for the Pleasauntnesse of the Meadowes and the clere Streamys therebye runninge.
But long they had not digged ere they herde, as it myghte seme, within the wam of the Erthe, horrid Strugglinges and Flutteringes, and anon violent Quaakinges of the distressyd Mallarde.
Wh[~e] Iosephs brethern sawe that their father was deade/ they sayde: Ioseph myghte fortune to hate us and rewarde us agayne all the euell which we dyd vnto him.
Wherfore God sent me before you to make prouision/ that ye myghte continue in the erth and to save youre lyues by a greate delyuerance.
Ruben/ thou art myne eldest sonne/ my myghte and the begynnynge of my strength/ chefe in receauynge and chefe in power.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "myghte" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
