And to the tree she gooth ful hastily, And on this faucon loketh pitously, 440 And heeld hir lappe abrood, for wel she wiste The faucon moste fallen fro the twiste, When that it swowned next, for lakke of blood.
Swich was this ypocryte, bothe cold and hoot, 520 And in this wyse he served his entente, That (save the feend) non wiste what he mente.
The lord knew wel that he him loved and dradde; And whan this sergeant wiste his lordes wille, In-to the chambre he stalked him ful stille.
And, as he lay on deying in a traunce, And wiste verraily that deed was he, Of honestee yit hadde he remembraunce.
O, wiste a man how many maladyes Folwen of excesse and of glotonyes, He wolde been the more mesurable 515 Of his diete, sittinge at his table.
For if he yaf, he dorste make avaunt, He wiste that a man was repentaunt.
He seith thus: 'though I wiste that neither god ne man ne sholde nevere knowe it, yet wolde I have desdayn for to do sinne.
But trusteth weel, hir liste nat to daunce (950) Whan that she wiste wherefor was that sonde.
And who so wiste al, by my trouthe, My sorwe, but he hadde routhe And pite of my sorwes smerte, That man hath a feendly herte.
Upon a daye I bethoghte me what wo And sorwe that I suffred tho For hir, and yet she wiste hit noght, 1185 Ne telle hir durste I nat my thoght.
And with that word cam Drede avaunt, Which was abasshed, and in gret fere, Whan he wiste Ielousye was there.
Trewly, I wiste never vertue, but a woman were therof the rote.
Wiste thou not wel that al the lawe of kynde is my lawe, and by god ordayned and stablisshed to dure by kynde resoun?
And for I had routhe to sene thee miscaried, and wiste wel thyn ablenesse my service to forther and encrese, I com my-selfe, without other mene, to visit thy person in comfort of thy hert.
O good precious Margaryte, myne herte shulde wepe if I wiste ye token hede of suche maner speche; but trewly, I wot wel, in that your wysdom shal not asterte.
They wiste how sotilly they coude assayle 255 Hem, and what falshood they in herte mente; And thise clerkes they in hir daunger hente.
Bot forto tellen of the care That thei of Tyr begonne tho, Whan that thei wiste he was ago, It is a Pite forto hiere.
Bot what he was sche wiste noght, Bot al the Schip hire hath besoght That sche hire wit on him despende, In aunter if he myhte amende, And sein it schal be wel aquit.
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 of hem tuo a man mai liere What is to be so sibb of blod: Non wiste of other hou it stod, And yit the fader ate laste His herte upon this maide caste, That he hire loveth kindely, And yit he wiste nevere why.
Tho wiste he wel it faileth noght, And badd him that he telle scholde Fro whenne he cam and what he wolde.
And thei him seiden alle no; For wel thei wiste it was no vice, Whan he ne thoghte no malice, Bot onliche of a litel slouthe: And thus thei leften as for routhe To do justice upon his gilt, For that he scholde noght be spilt.
Bot for no lust ne for no rage 910 Sche tolde hem nevere what sche was; And natheles upon the cas The king was glad, how so it stod, For wel he wiste and understod Sche was a noble creature.
Men wiste in thilke time non So fair a wiht as sche was on; 2050 And as sche was a lusti wiht, Riht so was thanne a noble kniht, To whom Mercurie fader was.
He forestihte dha gecorenan to dham ecan life, fordhan dhe he wiste h['i] swilce towearde, thurh his gife and agene gehyrsumnysse.
He cwaedh, "Gif ic wiste hwaet he waere, ic wolde licgan aet his fotum.
Tha wiste God hwaedhere thaet h['e] waes forlaered, and smeade hu he mihte his and ealles mancynnes eft gemiltsian.
Se Halga Gast waes wunigende on dhaem Symeone, and he wiste genoh georne thaet se Aelmihtiga Godes Sunu wolde to mannum cuman, and menniscnysse underfon.
He nolde forestihtan tha arleasan to his rice, fordhan dhe he wiste h['i] swilce towearde, thurh heora agene forgaegednysse and dhwyrnysse.
Genoh waere tham waedlan his untrumnys, theah dhe he wiste haefde; and eft him waere genoh his hafenleast, dheah dhe he gesundful waere.
For if he yaf, he dorste make avaunt, boast He wiste that a man was repentaunt.
Now wol I torn unto Arcite agayn, turn That litel wiste how nyh that was his care, know, near Til that fortune hadde brought him in the snare.
I am oon of the fayrest" in all "the toun of Troye," though I should not like people to know that I know it: Al wolde I that noon wiste of this thought.
Me remembreth it wel,' quod I; 'and I confesse wel that I newiste it naught.
But tel me, if I wiste what she were 765 For whom that thee al this misaunter ayleth?
For wiste he that ye ferde in this manere, He wolde him-selve slee; and if I wende To han this fare, he sholde not come here 920 For al the good that Pryam may despende.
And trewely, as men in bokes rede, Men wistenever womman han the care, 20 Ne was so looth out of a toun to fare.
And glad was he if any wight wel ferde, That lover was, whan he it wiste or herde.
Now thanne thus,' quod she, 'I wolde him preye To telle me the fyn of his entente; 125 Yet wiste I never wel what that he mente.
For if he wiste in Troye how wel I fare, Us neded for my wending nought to care.
And dredelees, for hertes ese of yow, 1740 Right fayn wolde I amende it, wiste I how.
This song to herkne I dide al myn entente, *For-why I mette I wiste what they mente.
For now, if that the sooth I shal yow say, I have y-loved yow ful many a day, 2115 Thogh ye ne wiste hit nat, in my contree.
This kening was thrvch ene presteresse forseid, that er kening wertha skolde ovir alla Krekalanda sa-r red wiste vmbe-n foddik to krejande, ther vpsteken was anda foddik it Texland.
Therthrvch kemon tha famna vnforlet to vs, men tha foddik was utgvngon and nimman wiste ho-t kemen was.
Hir most nw letta ho Friso alle to bidobbe wiste to nocht fon bede partja and to bate fon sin ajn dol.
Wi moston wel swika, and Nearchus wiste ella sa pront to birjuchte that wi inna Middelse leide er thrja monatha forby weron.
So þat he wiste heye and lowe, Þat it was kunrik þat he sawe.
In selcouth place fro þe toumbe þei com alle to hire contray but non wistebe what way.
He wiste it was the eightetehe day Of April, that is messager to May; And sey wel that the shadwe of every tree Was as the lengthe the same quantitee That was the body erect that caused it.
What wene ye your wyse fader wolde Han yeven Antenor for yow anoon, 905 If he ne wiste that the citee sholde Destroyed been?
Ye, nere it that I wiste remedye To come ayein, right here I wolde dye!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wiste" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
