Quhou Eneas socht answer at Apollyne, And quhou he to the land of Crete is salyt syne.
For luf Narsysus perysyt at the well; For luf thou stervyst most douchty Achill; Thesyus, for luf, hys fallow socht to hell; The snaw quhyte dow oft to the gray maik will.
Quhou Eneas socht hys spows, at the cost, And how to hym apperis hir gret gost.
This beand sayd, this ilk God of the flude Vnder the deip can dowk dovn quhar he stude, And socht onto the watir grond onone, So darnly hyd nane wist quhar he was gone.
No mor Eneas said, bot tharwithall Addressys hym towart hys cite wall, And throu the feildis socht full joyusly 5 To hys new Troian reset and herbry.
God grant that the wreitter have no more socht the favoris of this present estait, no less the glorie of God, and the stable commoditie of his countrey, then did he quho enterprysed in that 'Blast' to utter his conscience.
Thair negotiation was langsum; for baith Ingland and we feiring deceat, socht be all meanis that the contract sould be sure.
Yea, and how far was it socht heir to have bene brocht in upoun yow and your posteritie, under cullour to have bene laid up in stoir for the weiris?
They socht her up and they socht her doun, And spyd at last her glisterin gown.
He sochther frae her father, the king, An he socht her frae her mither, the queen.
He socht her frae her sister Anne, But he forgot her brither John.
I socht heich an' laich for't, but na, na; it wasna to be gotten.
But Socht declared that the sword was his by long possession and by equity, and he would not give it up.
The steward said, "Well, O Cormac, the oath that Socht has uttered is a lie.
So the court was set, and Socht was called upon to prove that the sword was his.
Then Sochtwent to his father, Fithel the brehon, and begged him to take part in the action and to defend his claim.
At last he badeSocht to a drinking-bout, and plied him so with wine and mead that Socht became drunken, and knew not where he was, and finally fell asleep.
This sword was held by Socht for a tribal possession from father and grandfather.
So he awarded to Socht the price of seven bondwomen as blood-fine for the slaying of Angus, and restitution of the sword to Socht.
So it was for three months after that, and the steward continued to ask Socht to sell him the sword, but he could not get it from him.
Then Socht said, "Hear ye, O men of Erinn and Cormac the King!
Socht had a wonderful sword, named "The Hard-headed Steeling," which was said to have been long ago the sword of Cuchulain.
About him socht feill enemyss mony ane, Stekit his horss; to ground behufid him lycht, To fend him selff as wysly as he mycht.
Deliuerit scho was fra this gud chewalry, Towart London scho socht rycht ernystfully; On to the tour, but mar process, scho went, Quhar Eduuard lay sayr murnand in his entent.
Seknes hyr had so socht in to that sted, Decest scho was, God tuk hir spreit to leid.
Fra him thai socht with outyn noyiss or dyn, To that sammyn houss; about thai can thaim cast.
Bot Longawell to Louchmabane couth pass, And thar he hecht, quhar gud prince Eduuard was, 1140 Out off Scotland he suld pas neuirmor; Loss off Wallace socht till his hart so sor.
Adam Wallace, barroun off Ricardtoun, Full sadly socht till Wallace off renoun, At Sanct Jhonstoun baid at the sailye still.
Thus socht he south with gret sorou and cair; 760 At the Byrkhill a litill tary maid; Syne throuch the land but rest our Sulway raid.
Than Inglissmen, fra that chyftayne wes dede, To Wallace socht fra mony syndry stede.
Wndyr colour sic maistrie for to ma, Lang tym he socht to get a day and place; 75 Said he desyrd in seruice to Wallace.
Sum wyndowys socht for till haiff brokyn out, Bot all for nocht, full fey was maid that rout.
In Archatan a consell he gert cry, 875 Quhar mony man socht till his senyory.
On him he socht in ire and propyr teyn; Vpon the hed him straik in matelent: 465 The burnyst blaid throu his basnett went.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "socht" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
