I learned it in my mother’s bower, I learned it for my better, That whan I come to broad water, I can swim like any otter.
He took her by the milk-white hand, And laid her on the ground, And whan he got his will o’ her He lift her up again.
I learned it in my father’s hall, I learned it for my weel, That whan I come to deep water, I can swim as it were an eel.
O an I had drank the wan water Whan I did drink the wine, That e’er a shepherd’s dochter Should hae been a love o’ mine!
O whan they cam unto yon mill She heard the mill clap: .
Little did this lady think, that morning whan she raise, That this was for to be the last o’ a’ her maiden days.
And aifter dem da king has gaen, But whan he cam it was a grey stane.
And whan she cam to the king’s court, She tirled on the pin, And wha sae ready’s the king himsel’ To let the fair maid in?
Na, I never richtly got sicht o' his face, for I aye put his bit meat an' drink doon beside him whanhe was sleepin'.
An' them that broucht him took him awa again whan they thoucht he was some better.
I jalouse it's mebbes luppen inwhan I was wadin' the watter," he said with artless smile.
If ye canna, or winna tell me whaur Mistress Craig is, could ye no gie's a bit inklin' o' whan ye expect her hame?
As whan ye haue a suffycyent mese ye sholde coveyte nomore as at that tyme.
And yf ye take it awaye ye robbe hym: whyche is a ryght shamfull dede to ony noble man to do yt that theuys & brybours done: whyche are punysshed for theyr evyll dedes by the necke & other wyse whan they maye be aspyed & taken.
Send me worde, whether you will have it and more monney, and whan I shall returne, and how farre I may speak.
But whan he saw her dear heart's blude, A' wood-wroth wexed he.
She hadna turned her through the dance, Through the dance but thrice, Whan she fell doun at Willie's feet, And up did never rise!
LM wrongly place of after the hey[gh]t instead of before it.
This song to herkne I dide al myn entente, *For-why I mette I wiste what they mente.
This line answers to the first line in Ovid, Epist.
In others, including the one given by Chaucer to his son, they were marked only for every other degree.
Fight | en with this fend, and him defend-e'; 1996.
Gerenia in Messenia) is meant, which is merely a wild guess.
Let the sun at the time be in the first point of Leo, and bring the label over this point by the motion of the label only, keeping the Rete fixed.
In a Glossary of North of England Words, printed as Gloss.
But the nourice was a fause limmer As e'er hung on a tree; She laid a plot wi' Lamkin, Whan her lord was o'er the sea.
Than by there came twa gentlemen, At twelve o'clock at night, Whan they can see na ither house, And at the door they light.
My granny gaed to hear Mester Dowlas whan he preached among the whins down by the shore, an' oh, but he was bonny!
Whan we came to the Taffdyke that rins cross Barrend there we laid the Laird down till we took a rest awee.
Whan we got tae the kirkyard the sun was jist plumpin' down; we pat the coffin twice in the grave wrang, and as often had to draw't out again.
Triumphant freedom smiled on Spain, An' raised her stately form again, Whan the British lion shook his mane On the mountains of Vittoria.
An' whan I gaze upon its face, as it lies on my knee, The crystal draps upon its cheeks will fa' frae ilka ee; Oh!
I took that letter frae Maister Willum Chartres's poochwhan I fand his corp'.
Then this old man comforted theym goodly, and brought theym into a fayre cytee; and whanthey had well refresshyd them, and rested theym alle nyght; on the morne, this fayre olde man wente with theym and brought theym in the ryght waye agayne.
In Hold-ernesse I was bore, I-wis all of my dame, Men call me Reynold Greenleaf, Whan I am at hame.
Where is your abbey, whan ye are at home, And who is your avow-e?
But whan he see this lady saif, And her gat-es all locked fast, He fell into a rage of wrath, And his look was all aghast.
Ye see, whan a thing comes on ye that gate, that's a dadd--sit still now.
They cam close by me; and whan I saw the moon shinin on their cauld white faces, I lost my sight an' swarfed clean away.
I took him in aneath my plaid for fear o' some grit brainyell of an outbrik; and whan I lookit, there was a white thing and a black thing new risen out o' the solid yird!
Where is your abbay, whan ye are at home, And who is your avowë?
And whan they came to the kyngës courte, Unto the pallace gate, Of no man wold they aske leave, But boldly went in therat.
Have here the best, Alyce my wyfe,’ Sayde Wyllyam of Cloudeslye, ‘By cause ye so boldly stode me by Whan I was slayne full nye.
All men voyded, that them stode nye, Whan the justice fell to the grounde, And the sherife fell nye hym by; Eyther had his deathës wounde.
But whan their arrowes were all gon, Men presyd on them full fast, They drew theyr swordës than anone, And theyr bowës from them cast.
And whan they came before the kyng, As it was the lawe of the lande, They kneled downe without lettyng, And eche held up his hand.
Whan they had soupëd well, The day was al gone; Robyn commaunded Litell Johnn To drawe of his hosen and his shone; 194.
They brought him to the lodgë-dore; Whan Robyn gan hym see, Full curtesly dyd of his hode And sette hym on his knee.
My lorde, whan I came fyrst into this lande To be your wedded wyfe, The fyrst boone that I would aske, Ye would graunt me belyfe: 126.
Whan they had theyr bowes i-bent, Theyr takles fedred fre, Seven score of wyght yonge men Stode by Robyn’s kne.
And so dyde all the wylde outlawes, Whan they se them knele: ‘My lorde the kynge of Englonde, Now I knowe you well.
Fyfty and two whan that we met, But many of them be gone.
It fell upon a simmers nicht, Whan the leaves were fair and green, 10 That Willie met his gay ladie Intil the wood alane.
Whan they had theyr bowes ibent, Theyr takles fedred fre, 30 Seven score of wyght yonge men Stode by Robyns kne.
Whan they cam to Notyngham, The buttes were fayre and longe; Many was the bolde archere 35 That shoted with bowes stronge.
Whan Robyn had tolde his tale, He leugh and had good chere: "By my trouthe," then sayd the knyght.
Your sonne, for he is tendre of age, Of my wyne-seller shall he be, And whan he commeth to mannes estate, 275 Better avaunced shall he be.
The knyght lyght downe of his good palfray; Robyn whan he gan see, So curteysly he dyde adoune his hode, 235 And set hym on his knee.
Robyn dyde adowne his hode, 85 The monke whan that he se; The monke was not so curteyse, His hode then let he be.
And whan they had dronken well, Ther trouthes togyder they plyght, That they wolde be with Robyn That ylke same day at nyght.
Whan he came to grene wode, In a mery mornynge, 110 There he herde the notes small Of byrdes mery syngynge.
Thot daay whan yo sot there in thot chair by t' fire, taalkin' t' mae and drinkin' yore tae so pretty.
Yo've aassked mae whan it was I started thinkin' of yo.
Whan I'm out in t' mistal and in t' fields and thot, yo'll have Maaggie with yo.
An', man, I was a blithe hame-comer Whan first I syndit out my rummer.
The Reve's Prologue opens thus in Chaucer-- "Whan folk han laughed at this nicè cas Of Absalom and hendy Nicholas.
Whan the lordes herde that, eche of them regarded other.
Ne never after com Merlin out of that fortresse that she hadde hym in sette; but she wente in and oute whan she wolde.
And this army, "whan they were thus mette togyder in the marchesse of Gedours.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whan" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words: whan they; whan thou
