Sathanas hueresyre Seyde on is sawe, Gobelyn made is gerner Of gromene mawe.
And also, moreover, Me thynketh, syre Reson, Men sholde constreyne No clerke to knavene werkes.
Who all in rage his Sea-god syre besought, 2 Some cursed vengeance on his sonne to cast: From surging gulf two monsters straight were brought, 4 With dread whereof his chasing steedes aghast, Both charet swift and huntsman ouercast.
At last farre off they many Islands spy, On euery side floting the floods emong: 8 Then said the knight, Loe I the land descry, Therefore old Syre thy course do thereunto apply.
Goe binde thou vp yond dangling Apricocks, Which like vnruly Children, make their Syre Stoupe with oppression of their prodigall weight: Giue some supportance to the bending twigges.
And thus endeth the syxteenth book, whiche is of syre Gawayne, Ector de marys, andsyre Bors de ganys, and sir Percyval.
And here followeth ofsyre Launcelot, whiche is the fyftenth book.
And here followeth the sevententh book, whiche is of the noble Knyghte syre Galahad.
And alle they knewe syre Ector, but he knewe not them.
Nay, saide syre Arthur I maye not so, for I haue promysed to doo the bataille to the vttermost by the feythe of my body whyle me lasteth the lyf, and therfor I had leuer to dye with honour than to lyve with shame.
Whan syr Arthur wyst that syre Gawayne was layd so lowe he went vnto hym, and there the kyng made sorowe oute of mesure, and took sire Gawayne in his armes, and thryes[22] he there swouned.
Thenne Syre Launcelot went in to the halle, and there came afore hym thre score ladyes and damoysels, and all kneled unto hym, and thanked God and hym of their delyveraunce.
But syre Arthur pressed unto Accolon with his sheld and gaf hym with the pomel in his hand suche a buffet that he wente thre strydes abak.
Syre Launcelot put his sheld afore hym and put the stroke aweye of the one gyaunt, and with his swerd he clafe his hede a sondre.
And therewith he cam fyersly upon Arthur, and syre Arthur was wrothe for the blood that he had lost, and smote Accolon on hyhe upon the helme soo myztely that he made hym nyhe to falle to the erthe.
Thar fyris now begynnys schyne full schire; Sowpyt in wyne and sleip baith man and syre At quyet lugyng ȝondyr at thar will; 5 Queym silens haldis the large feildis still.
Worthy he was to rewle a gret empyre, And tobe cummyn of sum mar happy syre Than of Mezentyus, banyst and indyng, Bot to haue beyn sum empriouris son or kyng.
I haue the way fundyn, quharby ȝone syre Salbe to me rendryt at my desyre, Or me delyvir from hys lufe al fre.
No worke it seem'd of earthly craftsmans wit, But rather wrought by his owne industry That thunder-dartes for Iove his syredoth fit.
With that he causeth sleep to seize the eyes, 1295 And feare the harts, of all his enemyes; And when him list, an universall night Throughout the world he makes on everie wight; As when his syre with Alcumena lay.
Great thankes and goodly meed to that good syre He thence departing gave for his paines hyre.
Howe syre Tristram smote doune kyng Arthur and sir Uwayne, by cause he wold not telle hem wherfor that shelde was made.
And here foloweth the seuententh book which is of the noble knyghte syre Galahad.
And here foloweth of syre launcelot whiche is the fyftenth book.
And the ladyes tolde syre Launcelot that quene Gueneuer tolde them all or she passyd, that syr Launcelot had been preest nere a twelue moneth, and hither he cometh as faste as he may for to fetche my corps.
And thus endeth the syxteenth book whiche is ofsyre Gawayne, Ector de marys, and syre Bors de ganys and sir percyual.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "syre" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
