Sir Thopas wex a doghty swayn, Whyt was his face as payndemayn, 1915 His lippes rede as rose; His rode is lyk scarlet in grayn, And I yow telle in good certayn, He hadde a semely nose.
And on hir heed, ful semelyfor to see, A rose garland, fresh and wel smellinge'; Cant.
Thomas of Erceldoune is lying under a semely [derne, cumly] tree, when he sees the fairy queen.
Wyllyam, I make thee gentleman Of clothyng and of fe: And thy two brethren yemen of my chambre, For they are so semely to see.
And every arowe an ellë longe, With pecok well idyght, Inocked all with whyte silver; It was a semely syght.
I made a chapell in Bernysdale, That semely is to se, It is of Mary Magdaleyne, And thereto wolde I be.
Here is a wonder semely sight; Me thynketh, by Goddës pyne, His men are more at his byddynge Then my men be at myn.
Her table manners are excellent, and she wears her veil with an air:-- Ful semely hir wimpel pinched was.
Ful semely after hir mete she raughte, And sikerly she was of greet disport, And ful plesaunt and amiable of port, And peyned hir to countrefete chere Of court, and been estatlich of manere, And to be holden digne of reverence.
The sight of þat semely sanke in hir herte, And rauysshed hir radly þe rest of hir sawle.
Knyghtis and lordys reuelid aAEsAEs, And ladyes lay ou{er} the casteAEsAEs waAEsAEs, That semely to se were.
Wyllyam, I make the a gentelman, Of clothyng and of fe, 270 And thi two brethren yemen of my chambre, For they are so semely to se.
I made a chapell in Bernysdale, That semely is to se, 90 It is of Mary Magdalene, And thereto wolde I be.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "semely" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
