I freed the slaves who brought the letter, and sent them on to Cairo.
Brigands and tyrants can be gallant--there are plenty of instances on record.
Thanne,' quod she, 'ne sholden men nat by no wey seken blisfulnesse in swiche thinges as men wene that they ne mowen 100 yeven but o thing senglely of alle that men seken.
And the men that the serpent and 5 the lyoun and the tygre and the bere and the boor seken to sleen with hir teeth, yit thilke same men seken to sleen everich of hem other with swerd.
Than,' quod she, 'hath a man nede to seken him foreyne helpe by whiche he may defende his moneye?
The whiche shrewes, as I have shewed ful plentivously, seken good, but 120 wikked errour mistorneth hem, ne the ordre cominge fro the poynt of soverein good ne declyneth nat fro his biginninge.
Certes, ye ne seken no gold in grene trees, ne ye ne gaderen nat precious stones in the vynes, ne ye ne hyden nat your ginnes in the hye mountaignes to cacchen fish of whiche ye 5 may maken riche festes.
But lat us seken depper; I coniecte that ther lakketh I not nere what.
But what is it to thise noble worthy men (for, certes, of swiche folke speke I) that seken glorie with vertu?
Ye seken lond and see for your winninges, As wyse folk ye knowen al thestaat (30) Of regnes; ye ben fadres of tydinges And tales, bothe of pees and of debat.
Who-so wolseken actes of sondry remes, May rede of dremes many a wonder thing.
And certes, in this world so faren we; 1265 We seken faste after felicitee, But we goon wrong ful often, trewely.
In al this world, to seken up and doun, There nis no man so wys, that coude thenche So gay a popelote, or swich a wenche.
Alle þinges seken a[gh]ein in to hir p{ro}pre cours.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "seken" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
