Ys for a nobile knyghte, Who, tho' may hap hee has donne wronge, 55 He thoghte ytte stylle was ryghte.
A troope of Normannes from the mass-songe came, Rousd from their praiers by the flotting crie; Thoughe Girthe and Ailwardus perceevd the same, Not once theie stoode abashd, or thoghte to flie.
And thanne him thoghte wel ynouh It was fantosme, bot yit he herde 75 The vois, and he therto ansuerde, 'What wiht art thou in Goddes name?
For wher-so men had pleyd or waked, Me thoghte the felawship as naked Withouten hir, that saw I ones, As a coroune withoute stones.
In this debat I was so wo, Me thoghtemyn herte braste a-tweyn!
And whan I had my tale y-do, God wot, she acounted nat a stree Of al my tale, so thoghte me.
And al this took she so debonerly, That al his wille, hir thoghte hit skilful thing, And ever the lenger loved him tenderly, And did him honour as he were a king.
But as I lay this other night wakinge, I thoghte how lovers had a tokeninge, And among hem it was a comune tale, That it were good to here the nightingale Rather than the lewde cukkow singe.
This Nicholas was risen for to pisse, And thoghtehe wolde amenden al the Iape, He sholde kisse his ers er that he scape.
This man is falle, with his astromye, In som woodnesse or in som agonye; I thoghte ay wel how that it sholde be!
Heer may ye see, myn owene dere brother, The carl spak oo thing, but he thoghte another.
This gentil king hath caught a gret motyf (530) Of this witnesse, andthoghte he wolde enquere Depper in this, a trouthe for to lere.
Ye wol,' quod he, 'myn owene peple dere, To that I never erst thoghte streyne me.
Thus rit this duk, thus rit this conquerour, And in his host of chivalrye the flour, Til that he cam to Thebes, and alighte Faire in a feeld, ther as he thoghte fighte.
For wel, thoghte he, she sholde nat be geten And ay the more that he was in dispair, The more he coveteth and thoghte her fair.
Betrayed hath and doon her vilanye That was his trewe love in thoghte and dede!
Sche thoghte hou that sche was deceived, That sche hath of a man conceived, And wende a god it hadde be.
To setten either part in reste It thoghte hem thanne for the beste With resonable amendement; And thus was Anthenor forth sent To axe Esionam ayein And witen what thei wolden sein.
For the seconde day a morwe 890 The king cam, as thei were acorded; And whan it was to him recorded What god hath wroght upon this chaunce, He tok it into remembrance And thoghte more than he seide.
And thanne him thoghte wel ynouh, 5010 It was fantosme, bot yit he herde The vois, and he therto ansuerde, "What wiht art thou in goddes name?
And thanne he caste his avantage, That sche was of so gret an age, That sche mai live bot a while, And thoghte put hire in an Ile, Wher that noman hire scholde knowe, Til sche with deth were overthrowe.
And whan the king it herde telle, Withinne his herte he wiste als faste The treson which his Moder caste; And thoghte he wolde noght abide, Bot forth riht in the same tide 1270 He tok his hors and rod anon.
Bot natheles er he forth wente A firy Dart me thoghte he hente And threw it thurgh myn herte rote: In him fond I non other bote, For lenger list him noght to duelle.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thoghte" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
