How Princis and Kingis suld sett them for gude renoun here.
Capdane he maid, in Berweik, off renoun That worthy was, gud Crystell off Cetoun.
Quhen Wallace saw thir gud men off renoun With hungyr stad, almast mycht leiff no mar, Wyt ye, for thaim he sichit wondyr sar.
And further over, if ye suffre this, 85 Your renoun is fordo than in a throwe; Ther shal no man wite wel what Pite is.
This noble king was cleped Cambinskan, Which in his tyme was of so greet renoun That ther nas no-wher in no regioun So excellent a lord in alle thing; 15 Him lakked noght that longeth to a king.
This wyde world, as in conclusioun, He wan by strengthe, or for his hye renoun 3825 They weren glad for pees un-to him sende.
Soothly, what thing that he yeveth for veyne glorie, as to minstrals and to folk, for to beren his renoun in the world, he hath sinne ther-of and noon almesse.
Iustyce he was ful often in assyse, By patente, and by pleyn commissioun; 315 For his science, and for his heigh renoun Of fees and robes hadde he many oon.
For alwey, whan any wight receiveth precious renoun in avauntinge him-self of his werkes, he amenuseth 160 the secree of his conscience.
For yif the name of gentilesse be referred to renoun and cleernesse of linage, thanne is gentil name but a foreine thing, that is to seyn, to hem that glorifyen hem of hir linage.
For manye han had ful greet 5 renoun by the false opinioun of the poeple, and what thing may ben thought fouler than swiche preysinge?
Thanne folweth it,' quod she, 'that we adden cleernesse of 50 renoun to the three forseyde thinges, so that ther ne be amonges hem no difference?
The first deeth he clepeth heer the departinge of the body and the sowle; and the seconde deeth he clepeth, as heer, the stintinge of the renoun of fame.
And thou hast sorwed for my blame, and thou hast wopen for the damage of thy renoun that is apayred; and thy laste sorwe eschaufede ayeins fortune, and compleinest that guerdouns ne ben nat evenliche yolden to the desertes of folk.
Certes, thilke gold and thilke moneye shyneth and yeveth betere renoun to hem that despenden it thanne to thilke 10 folk that mokeren it; for avarice maketh alwey mokereres to ben hated, and largesse maketh folk cleer of renoun.
And it semeth to some other 25 folk, that noblesse of renoun be the sovereyn good; and hasten hem to geten glorious name by the arts of werre and of pees.
As who seith, thanne rekketh the sowle of no 110 glorie of renoun of this world.
There-for every man 55 oughte to ben apayed of his glorie that is publisshed among his owne neighbours; and thilke noble renoun shal ben restreyned within the boundes of o manere folke.
Sidenote: What can be more infamous than renoun founded on the prejudices of the vulgar?
For if þe name of gentilesse be referred to renounand clernesse of linage.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "renoun" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
