Yea forthewith he addith this also / A straunger will they not folowe / but wil flie frõ him / for they know not the voice of straũgers.
Thou straunger of Athens, is our felicitie in such litle reputation with thee that thou doest preferre before vs these priuate men?
Here was one Robert Grottell a straungerand cutter for the Stone, admitted a brother and paid iiij{li}” and bound to pay the remainder of his fine for admission at the rate of 10s.
III And forth he comes into the commune hall, Where earely waite him many a gazing eye, 20 To weet what end to straunger knights may fall.
MEn say it is a law in Caleys that no straunger may go vppon the towne walles on payne of dethe.
And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertie/ that thi seed shalbe a straungerin a lande that perteyneth not vnto th[~e].
And Abraham stode vp from the coorse and talked with the sonnes of heth saynge: I am a straunger ad a foryner amonge yow/ geue me a possession to bury in with you/ that I may bury my dead oute of my sighte.
Then still must heauen view The plagues that vs pursue: And euery where descrie Heaps of vs scattred lie, Making the straunger plaines Fatt with our bleeding raines, Proud that on them their graue So manie legions haue.
She being right honest and wise, and louing hir husband very dearely, did beare that countenaunce to Girolamo, that she generally did to any of the Citty, or to other straunger that she neuer saw before.
Sidenote: Cottonian Chronicle] According to the Cottonian Chronicle, the King "at the besy request and supplicacion of a Straunger venisian [i.
Yt was neuer my chaunce to see the Contreye yet: and therfore I pray you take so muche paine as to tell in what sorte they entertaine a straunger with them.
And whiles he searched, Sir Maligraunce rashed in, wood wroth, and cried, "Methinketh that ye straunger knyght hath snuck away my bride!
So then ben merrisome discourse and passing plaisaunt cheere, And Arthure's tales of hippogriffs ben mervaillous to heare; But stranger far than any tale told of those knyghts of old Ben those facetious narratives ye Western straunger told.
But when that he was ware a man ben standing in that suit, Ye straunger threw up both his hands, and asked him not to shoote.
Ye straunger quod, "I'm five feet ten, and fare me from ye West!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "straunger" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
