Antonius 35 comaundede that knightes slowen with hir swerdes Papinian his familier, which Papinian hadde ben longe tyme ful mighty amonges hem of the court.
Duke Neymys and Oge[rh], 836 With goode swerdes of fyne stele And so dide Gye and Syr Brye[rh].
The xij peris armed hem wel and fyne With swerdes drawe and eg[rh] chere.
The worldes cause is wayted over-al; Ther be the werres redy, to the fulle; 205 But Cristes owne cause in special, Ther ben the swerdesand the speres dulle.
Up springen speres twenty foot on highte; Out goon the swerdes as the silver brighte.
Ther were also, of Martes divisioun, The barbour, and the bocher, and the smith 2025 That forgeth sharpe swerdeson his stith.
Homicyde is eek by bakbytinge; of whiche bakbyteres seith Salomon, that 'they han two swerdes with whiche they sleen hir neighebores.
As sche which mihte it noght asterte, The swerdes point ayein hire herte 1490 Sche sette, and fell doun therupon, Wherof that sche was ded anon: And thus bothe on o swerd bledende Thei weren founde ded liggende.
Chaucer says-- Bucklers brode and swerdes long Baudrike with baselardes kene Sech toles about her necke they hong: With Antichrist seche prestes been.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "swerdes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
