And he hathe a crest of fedres upon his hed more gret than the poocock hathe; and his nekke is zalowe, aftre colour of an orielle, [Footnote: Golden.
The kyng of that yle is fulle riche and fulle myghty, and righte devout aftre his lawe: and he hathe abouten his nekke 360 perles oryent, gode and grete, and knotted, as Pater Nostres here of amber.
A man may al by tyme his nekke bede 1105 Whan it shal of, and sorwen at the nede.
And the laste of his labours was, that he sustened the hevene up-on his nekke unbowed; and he deservede eft-sones the hevene, to ben the prys of his laste travaile.
I pray to god his nekke mote breke; He can wel in myn yë seen a stalke, But in his owne he can nat seen a balke.
The slakke skin aboute his nekke shaketh, Whyl that he sang; so chaunteth he and craketh.
He was hanged by the nekke · and nought by the purs; 885 That was the meede that he hadde · for his fadres curs.
And he slow Cacus in a cave of stoon; He slow the geaunt Antheus the stronge; He slow the grisly boor, and that anoon, And bar the heven on his nekke longe.
But god wot what that May thoughte in hir herte, Whan she him saugh up sittinge in his sherte, In his night-cappe, and with his nekke lene; She preyseth nat his pleying worth a bene.
His nekkewhyt was as the flour-de-lys; Ther-to he strong was as a champioun.
Gamelyn · 'that ever I was so slak That I ne hadde broke his nekke · tho I his rigge brak!
Biforen his triumphe walketh she With gilte cheynes on hir nekke hanging; Corouned was she, as after hir degree, 3555 And ful of perree charged hir clothing.
Peraventure ther may falle oon or two 935 Doun of his hors, and breke his nekke atwo.
But swich a fairnesse of a nekke Had that swete, that boon nor brekke 940 Nas ther non sene, that mis-sat.
And if I dwelle, I feyne me I may wel in her abit go; But me were lever my nekke atwo, Than lete a purpose that I take, What covenaunt that ever I make.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nekke" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
