He is to greet a nigard that wol werne A man to lighte his candle at his lanterne; He shal have never the lasse light, pardee; 335 Have thou y-nough, thee thar nat pleyne thee.
Than wolde I shewe yow how that I coude pleyne [286: T.
As some rude rocke torne from his bed of claie, Stretch'd onn the pleyne the brave ap Tewdore laie.
And, yif that ye the terme rekne wolde, 2510 As I or other trewe lovers sholde, I pleyne not, god wot, beforn my day.
In swiche wordes gan to pleyne Dido of hir grete peyne, As me mette redely; Non other auctour alegge I.
O were it leful for to pleyne on thee, 1020 That undeserved suffrest Ialousye, And that I wolde up-on thee pleyne and crye!
Yif thou aprovest hir and thenkest that she is good, use hir maneres and pleynethee nat.
I seye and thus; Thus wole I pleyne un-to my lady dere; That word is good, and this shal be my chere; This nil I not foryeten in no wyse.
In which thing 135 sorwe hath nat so dulled my wit, that I pleyne only that shrewede folk aparailen felonies ayeins vertu; but I wondre greetly how that they may performe thinges that they hadde hoped for to don.
Now it lyketh me to with-drawen my hand; thou hast had grace as he that hath used of foreine goodes: thou hast no right to pleyne thee, as though thou haddest outrely for-lorn alle thy thinges.
Now pleyne thee nat thanne of richesse y-lorn, sin thou hast founden the moste precious kinde of richesses, that is to seyn, thy verray freendes.
And if they don, I wol me pleyne; For I wot where to pleyne wel.
Thus for your deth I may wel wepe and pleyne With herte sore and ful of besy peyne.
Chaucer has both pleyne unto and pleyne on; see C.
The ordre of compleynt requireth skilfully, 155 That if a wight shal pleyne pitously, There mot be cause wherfor that men pleyne; Or men may deme he pleyneth folily And causeles; alas!
I am disposed bet, so mote I go, Un-to my deeth, to pleyneand maken wo.
O were it leful for topleyne on thee, 1020 That undeserved suffrest Ialousye, Of that I wolde up-on thee pleyne and crye!
Thus wole I seye and thus; Thus wole I pleyne unto my lady dere; That word is good, and this shal be my chere; This nil I not foryeten in no wyse.
Ye schal have more pleyne undrestondyng of all thynges her after than I may write to you at this tyme.
Scheryfe ryth pleyne ayen to hym, and well dysposyd in that that myth growe to the welfar of the schere.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pleyne" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
