I have be in this forest, A fayre syght can I se; It was one of the fayrest syghtes[L163] That ever yet sawe I me.
And thou touche his head or gowne, In syght that men may se, 230 By all the sayntes that be in heaven, I shall hange you all thre.
I have be in this forest; A fayre syght can I se; It was one of the fayrest syghtes That ever yet sawe I me.
I make myn avowe to God,’ sayde the shyref, ‘That syght wolde I fayne se.
And thou touche his head or gowne, In syght that men may se, By all the sayntes that be in heaven, I shall hange you all thre.
Marche at the ferthest, that if it pleasyd your lordsheppe to accept hym or to have a syght of hym be for your departyng to Caleys, that ther shold be no slaughthe in hym.
And ye myght gete leve of owr Soverayn Lord the Kyng to com hydder, hyt schall turne yow to grete wurschup and profett, to helpe make owr a poyntement in the Kyngs name, for ye sawe never suche a syght of schyppys take in to Englond this c.
Caste thysyght downwarde / and shewe mekenesse / bothe in thy herte and body.
And also beware to mayntene or botrace suthe lyes whiche is abhomynable in the syght of god.
The noueltie of whiche syght caused euery body to laughe and blame the folysshenes of them both.
So they, standynge aboute the bedde, sayde one to an other: nowe he gothe his waye: for his speche and syght fayle him; by and by he wyll yelde vp the goste.
The syght and consideratioun of the places augmented greatlie the suspitioun.
It dulleth thesyght and it troubleth the slepe wyth contrary thynges which are sene in the dreme.
And is gracious in syght and in taste and vertuous in medecyne .
Na schip he saw; bot sone he gat a syght Of thre hartis waverand by the cost syde, Quham at the bak, throu out the gravis wide, The mekil herdis followit in a rowt, 15 And pasturit all the large valle about.
Herand sic wordis of Ilioneus, 15 Ful stil his vissage haldis Latynus; Hys syght onmovyt to the erd dyd he prent, Witht eyn rollyng, and erys rycht attent.
This dolorus syght Chorebus mycht nocht se, Bot ruschit with furyus mynd in the melle, 10 Reddy to de, and we all followit fast, Amang glavys and armour in we thrast.
And to speake a worde for all, me thynket it is a better syght to beholde a temple rychely adourned, as ther be some with bare wolles, fylthy and euyl fauorde, more mete for stables to put horses then churches for Chrysten people.
And[14] whan they came to Caleys they were saluted with great melody what with gonnes and all other instrumentes and the ordre of the towne it was a heuenly syght for the tyme First at Newnam bridge.
Thys syghtwas bothe joye and chere; Of sorowe and payne the othyr were.
That was a syght of solempnyte, To beholde eyther other parte, To se hir pavylyons in hir araye The pepylle that on the wallys laye, And oure pepylle that was with owte, Howe thycke they stode and walkyd abowte.
And somme said softely, God sende to her an evyll syght in her myrroure that causeth us this day and so oftymes to muse and to abyde for her.
The cloth was displayed sone, The Emperoer lokede therupone, And myght hyt not se, For glysteryng of the ryche ston Redy syght had he non, And sayde, How may thys be?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "syght" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
