Tho wepte I for wo And wrathe of hir speche; And in a wynkynge wrathe 6580 Weex I a-slepe.
Ac trewely to telle, She trembled for drede, And ek wepte and wrong, Whan she was attached.
Of which I took somwat suspecioun, And neer I com, and fond hewepte sore; And god so wis be my savacioun, As never of thing hadde I no routhe more.
And thilke foles sittinge hir aboute 715 Wenden, that she wepte and syked sore By-cause that she sholde out of that route Departe, and never pleye with hem more.
And there is the place, where Seynt Petir wepte fulle tenderly, aftre that he hadde forsaken oure Lord.
And it was clept somtyme the Vale of Mambree, and sumtyme it was clept the Vale of Teres, because that Adam wepte there, an 100 zeer, for the dethe of Abelle his sone, that Cayn slowghe.
Also in comynge doun fro the Mount of Olyvete, is the place where oure Lord wepte upon Jerusalem.
And they that hadde y-knowen hir of yore Seye hir so wepe, and thoughte it kindenesse, And eche of hem wepte eek for hir distresse.
Saying so, he wepte and syghed so piteously as a litle chylde threated by his mother the nourice.
Ac as he made the maistrie, Moestus coepit esse, And wepte water with hise eighen, Ther seighen it manye.
Thus be thei comen bothe tuo, And Brutus cam with Collatin, Which to Lucrece was cousin, And in thei wenten alle thre To chambre, wher thei myhten se The wofulleste upon this Molde, Which wepte as sche to water scholde.
Of which I took somwhat suspecioun, And neer I com, and fond he wepte sore; And god so wis be my savacioun, As never of thing hadde I no routhe more.
And he wepte alowde/ so that the Egiptians and the house of Pharao herde it.
Esau his voyce & wepte Tha Isaac his father answered & sayde vnto him Beholde thy dwellynge place shall haue of the fatnesse of the erth/ & of the dewe of heauen fro aboue.
And Ioseph fell apon his fathers face/ and wepte apon him/ and kyssed him.
Moreouer he kyssed all his brethern and wepte apon them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wepte" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
