This is thestryf and eke the affray, And the batail that lastith ay.
For certes, he maketh thilke feyned humilitee more for his profit than for any love of thy persone; by-cause that he demeth to have victorie over thy persone by swich feyned contenance, the which victorie he mighte nat have by stryf or werre.
And thanne stant the sinne of contumelie or stryf and cheeste, and batereth and forgeth by vileyns reprevinges.
Impacient, is he that wol nat been y-taught ne undernome of his vyce, and bystryf werreieth trouthe witingly, and deffendeth his folye.
And Salomon seith: that "he that entremetteth him of the noyse or stryf of another man, is lyk to him that taketh an hound by the eres.
Saturne anon, to stinten stryf and drede, 2450 Al be it that it is agayn his kynde, Of al this stryf he gan remedie fynde.
I have heer with my cosin Palamon Had stryf and rancour, many a day a-gon, For love of yow, and for my Ielousye.
I can nat telle wher-on it was long, 930 But wel I wot greet stryfis us among.
Greet was the stryf and long bitwixe hem tweye, If that I hadde leyser for to seye; (330) But to theffect.
For this werk is al of another tunne, Of olde story, er swich stryf was begunne.
Stryf or plete 5 with me, bifore what Iuge that thou wolt, of the possessioun of richesses or of dignitees.
A sterne stryf is stered newe In many stedes in a stounde, Of sondry sedes that ben sewe; 55 It semeth that som ben unsounde.
Then Arcite pointed to Palamon, and said-- I have heer with my cosyn Palamon Had stryf and rancour many a day agon For love of yow, and for my jelousie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stryf" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
