Ac though that theef hadde hevene, He hadde noon heigh blisse, As seint Johan and othere seintes That deserved hadde bettre.
And why that oon theef on the cros Creaunt hym yald Rather than that oother theef, Though thow woldest appose, Alle the clerkes under Crist 7860 Ne kouthe the skile assoille.
And right as Iudas hadde purses smale, 1350 And was a theef, right swich a theef was he; His maister hadde but half his duëtee.
For which this miller stal bothe mele and corn 3995 An hundred tyme more than biforn; For ther-biforn he stal but curteisly, But now he was a theef outrageously, For which the wardeyn chidde and made fare.
A theef he was for sothe of corn and mele, And that a sly, and usaunt for to stele.
A theef of venisoun, that hath forlaft His likerousnesse, and al his olde craft, Can kepe a forest best of any man.
But sooth is seyd, gon sithen many a day, "A trew wight and a theef thenken nat oon.
Tale, F 537, Chaucer tells us that 'A trew wight and a theef thenken nat oon,' i.
For ther biforn he stal but curteysly; But now he is a theef outrageously.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "theef" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
