I had but a pimple rose with heate in that part of the veyne where they vse to pricke, and I fearfully misdeemed it was my soule searching for passage.
It isveyne and fleing; with winde wasteth and encreseth.
For kyndly libertee of arbitrement without it, veyne and ydel is, forsothe.
Seint Gregorie eek seith, that no wight seketh precious array but only for veyne glorie, to been honoured the more biforn the peple.
Soothly, what thing that he yeveth for veyne glorie, as to minstrals and to folk, for to beren his renoun in the world, he hath sinne ther-of and noon almesse.
Thou shalt eek shryve thee to a preest that is discreet to conseille thee, and eek thou shalt nat shryve thee for veyne glorie, ne for ypocrisye, ne for no cause, but only for the doute of Iesu Crist and the hele of thy soule.
Veyne glorie, is for to have pompe and delyt in his temporel hynesse, and glorifie him in this worldly estaat.
He putte his hond in, and took up a teyne 1240 Of silver fyn, and glad in every veyne Was this preest, whan he saugh that it was so.
Tho gan the veyne of Troilus to blede, For he was hit, and wex al reed for shame; 'A ha!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "veyne" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
