The former tells us, in his description of the troops of Duke William preparing for the fight:-- "Plusors orent vestu gambais.
Its especial use was to muster and to rally the troops of the banneret:-- "Cil treis orent treis gunfanuns, A ralier lur cumpaingnuns.
The army was divided into three corps:-- "Normanz orent treiz cumpaignies, Por assaillir en treiz parties.
It is natural therefore that his version should betray some confusion, though his Fait en orent deuant closture clearly renders William of Malmesbury's conserta ante se scutorum testudine.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "orent" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
