Gramercy, sires, seideour kyng, I schall yow qwyte if that y may.
The Frensshmen seide now be we shent, From us this toun now it is lore.
Neverthelees the seide meire, be good counseill, sente his men over the see with gold into divers contres and broughte home corn, so that the prys was well amendyd.
God yef grace the seide Lord of Orlyaunce be trewe, for this same weke shall he to ward Fraunce.
And thei seide with a good herte ya; these wordes wern seide in secreta confessione to v.
Sir Robert Wyngfeld sotylly hath outlaywed the seide John Lyston in Notyngham shir, be the vertue of qwch outlagare, all maner of chattell to the seide John Lyston apperteynyng, arn acruwyd on to the Kyng, &c.
I answered therto, as for olde Briggeman, I seidethat it was his will that my maister shulde have his good, be cause he was a bonde man and hadde no childer.
And as for this Briggeman, I seide that he hath bought a faire place sithe he was your fermour, and payed therfor; but for this I kan not turne hym.
And anon as theseide utlagare was certyfyed, my Lord Tresorer[47.
I seideto hem soothly That sent was I thider, 6070 Do-wel and Do-bet And Do-best to lerne.
Thought," seide he thanne; "I have sued thee this seven yeer, Seye thow me no rather.
And Piers for pure tene Pulled it a-tweyne, 4720 And seide Si ambulavero in medio umbrae mortis, non timebo mala, quoniam tu mecum es.
Thanne seide I to myself so Pacience it herde, 8160 "It is noght foure dayes that this freke Bifore the deen of Poules Preched of penaunces That Poul the apostle suffrede, In fame et frigore And flappes of scourges.
And of the galle the goddesse, For sche was full of hastifesse Of wraththe and liht to grieve also, Thei made and seide it was Juno.
Sche sih ther was non other weie, And seide he scholde hire wel conforte, That he ferst loke out ate porte, That noman were nyh the stede, Which myhte knowe what thei dede, And thanne he mai do what he wolde.
Whan he his kingdom underfongeth, God bad him chese what he wolde, And seide him that he have scholde What he wolde axe, as of o thing.
Thus was with him bot only left The thridde part, and yit god eft His Angel sende and seide this To Gedeon: "If it so is That I thin help schal undertake, Thou schalt yit lasse poeple take, Be whom mi will is that thou spede.
Tho seide a spirit ate laste, "I undertake this emprise.
Horestes, which of thilke office Was nothing glad, as thanne he preide Unto the goddes there and seide That thei the juggement devise, How sche schal take the juise.
And for this thing thei bothe preide Unto the fader, and he seide 990 He wolde wel, bot forth withal Thre pointz he bad in special Unto his Sone in alle wise, That he him scholde wel avise And take it as be weie of lore.
Upon this thing thei token hiede 1820 And stoden in desputeison, That be diverse opinion Of Argumentz that thei have holde Arpaghes ferst his tale tolde, And seide hou that the strengthe of kinges Is myhtiest of alle thinges.
Her pacience is al pased, And put out to ferme; 150 And pride is in her povertie, That litel is to preisen.
The calf bitokneth clennesse In hem that kepeth lawes.
What pope or prelat now Perfourneth that Crist highte.
Hethen is to mene after heeth And untiled erthe, As in wilde wildernesse Wexeth wilde beestes, Rude and unresonable, Rennynge withouten cropiers.
And tho that oure Lord lovede Into his light he laughte; And seide to Sathan, {389} "Lo!
I am a surgien," seide the segge, "And salves kan make.
But Christ seide by her fruit Men shal hem ful knowen.
Ye seien sooth," seide this heraud; "I have y-founde it ofte.
He seide ons hymself To that sory puple: 'Who worthe you, wyghtes, Wel lerned of the lawe!
Some seide that he was Goddes sone That so faire deide.
Firste, there as the seide Margarete died sesid yn here demene as yn fee taille of a mesuage of xix.
The whiche William Paston the seide Juliane of the seide mees and londes now be xl.
Juliane refused that profre, did arreste here newe in the seide Countoure and helde here there from the vij.
Also the seide Paston, the Saturday nexte bifore the feste of Saint George, the vj.
For there ys twies so good behinde as the saide William Paston knowleched of the seide xix acres, and youre seide pore bisecher wol nat assent that he schulde take his otthe, laste he wol suere that he have nat here evidences.
And aftir this seid mater rehersed my seid master seide these wordes, 'Cosyne, I pray you and requere you, lete this be settled in all hast withowte tarying, for this is my very last wille.
In three hours and a half we passed Wady Seide [Arabic]; and at the end of three hours and three quarters reached the bridge of Wady Hamy Sakker We met all the way Arabs and peasants going to the Ghor to purchase barley.
The Pashalik of Tripoli extends along the seacoast from Djebail to Latikia; that of Seide or Akka, from Djebail nearly to Jaffa, including the mountains inhabited by the Druses.
I might eftsone bye it ful dere, If I seide of hem any thing, 6095 That ought displeseth to hir hering.
Seide the turtel, 'if hit be your wille 510 A wight may speke, him were as good be stille.
And yit ne seide she never a dele, That I ne understode it wele, 5140 Word by word, the mater al.
The God of Love deliverly Com lepand to me hastily, And seide to me, in gret rape, 'Yeld thee, for thou may not escape!
So whan [she] coude here no word That no man mighte fynde hir lord, Ful oft she swouned, and seide 'alas!
And he visyted hir also, And many a sermoun seide hir to; He nolde lette, for man on lyve, That he ne wolde hir ofte shryve.
Charlis le Simple, to whome he gave his doughter in mariage withe the seide duchie, and so hathe continued from heire to heire .
I beholde my norice Philosophie, in whos houses I hadde conversed and haunted fro my youthe; and I seide thus.
Thise wordes seide she, and with the lappe of hir garment, y-plyted in a frounce, she dryede myn eyen, that weren fulle of the wawes 20 of my wepinges.
Thanne seide I no wrong, that yif these thinges ben referred to the devyne knowinge, thanne ben they necessarie; and yif they ben considered by hem-self, thanne ben they absolut fro the bond of necessitee.
I receyvyd, and synnys off my mony off seide maner growyng that come to yowr handys was receyvyd by yow ageyn the seyd xlli.
He told me John Threscher come to hym in your name, and seide that ye sent hym to my ladde for a letter or a token, weche I shulde have sent you, but he truste hym not; he wold not delyver hym noon.
Item, while my seide maister was over the see in Midsomerterme Calle sett me a warke to wryte two tymes the prevy seale in papir, and then after cleerely in parchement iiijs.
Than seide he thus, 'my reste wol I take; 1855 Now day is come, I may no lenger wake.
And after that he, with ful mery chere, Seide to another, as ye shullen here.
Thanne seide dame Prudence, 'I make no semblant of wratthe ne anger but for your grete profit.
A yeer or two he was in this servyse, Page of the chambre of Emelye the brighte; And 'Philostrate' he seide that he highte.
Than seide sir Ote to Gamelyn · 'god schilde thee fro schame; Com whan thou seest tyme · and bring us out of blame.
Thanne seide the scherreve · to yonge Gamelyn, 'Lord, I crye the mercy · brother art thou myn.
And he seidethat sat in the trone, lo I make alle thingis newe.
But he seide to the womman, Thei feith hath maad thee saaf; go thou in pees.
And Jhesus answerde and seide to him, Symount, I han sum thing to seye to thee.
And he seide to me, write thou, for these wordis ben [are] moost feithful and trewe.
Thou hast made a lewde covenaunt, seide Virgile, for as a man bindithe him with his owne wille, right so he shall be servid be lawe of the emperoure; and therefore thou shalt do wysely for to kepe the day of thi payment alle things lefte.
Thenne seide she, Knowiste thow him if thou seye him?
I shal fulfill thi will, seide the erle, and gaderid a grete oste and yede with the emperoure at his owne costage to the bataile, and had the victorye, and set the emperour ayen in his heritage.
Naye seide the marchaunt, that spake we not of, I wolle have right as thou dudest bynde the to me.
Thanne seide the Prest, i will the telle, For alle my good i wele the selle, For alle the synnes that thou hast don, I graunte the hem alle sone anon.
Evereche day to chirche i went, And seide my psauter with sex [en?
And quanne i my primer cou[the], I seide it eche day with my mouthe, And forgat .
To God i made my preiere, And eche dai seide oure ladies [sa]utere, To God I made my mone.
Sore he gan to sihhe and grone, Thei he ne seide wordes none, To loude he moste tee; A wonder thyng he sey thar, A wolf hese other child away bar, He fel doun on swoune on kne.
William Osbarne forto enfoorme the seide John Swann in the kunnyng of writyng, and the seide John Swann forto have the first yere of te seide William Osbarne iijs.
And after his decees to remayne and to be for ever to the seide Dean and Chapitre as it appereth by endentures thereof made whereof one party leveth with the Dean and Chapitre.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "seide" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
