And so bi his sorwe, That who so loveth joye To penaunce and to poverte {400} He moste puten hymselven, And muche wo in this world To willen and suffren.
Tho that weren in hevene Token stella cometa, And tendeden it as a torche To reverencen his burthe; The light folwede the Lord Into the lowe erthe.
And in hope of his heele Good herte he hente, And rood forth to a revel, A ryche place and a murye; {436} The compaignye of confort Men cleped it som tyme.
Freres herden hym crye, And comen hym to helpe; Ac for thei kouthe noght wel hir craft, Conscience forsook hem.
That my mynde ne was More in my goodes, Than in Godes grace, And hus grete myghte.
Ether thow ert broke, so may be, In body other in membre, Other y-maymed thorow som myshap.
Woot no wight what werre is Ther that pees regneth, Ne what is witterly wele Til weylawey!
Reste we the while; For he woot moore than we, He was er we bothe.
And now I se wher a soule Cometh hiderward seillynge, With glorie and with gret light,-- God it is, I woot wel.
And whan it is enseled so, I woot wel the sothe, That Luciferis lordshipe Laste shal no lenger.
For witterly I woot wel, We beth noght of strengthe To goon agayn Pride, But Grace weere with us.
But al moot ben assayed, hoot or colde; must be tried A man moot ben a fool other yong or olde; must be, either I woot it by myself ful yore agon: For in my tyme a servant was I on.
Sche wootno more of al this hoote fare, knows By God, than wot a cuckow or an hare.
This is open and cleer,' quod she, 'that alle othre thinges ben referred and brought to good.
A tyraunt, that was king of Sisile, that hadde assayed the peril of his estat, shewede by similitude the dredes of reaumes by gastnesse of a swerd that heng over the heved of his familier.
Cryseyda gan al his chere aspyen, And leet so softe it in hir herte sinke, 650 That to hir-self she seyde, 'who yaf me drinke?
Nero constreynede Senek, his familier and his mayster, to chesen on what deeth he wolde deyen.
I trowe thou seke to dryve awey nede with habundaunce of thinges; but certes, it torneth to you al in the contrarie.
For it is nat to wene that thilke thing, that is most worthy of alle thinges, be feble and with-oute strengthe.
But certes, richesse may not restreyne avarice unstaunched; ne power ne maketh nat a man mighty over him-self, whiche that vicious lustes holden destreyned with cheynes that ne mowen nat be unbounden.
And dignitees that 75 ben yeven to shrewede folk nat only ne maketh hem nat digne, but it sheweth rather al openly that they ben unworthy and undigne.
And the beautee of feldes, delyteth it nat mochel un-to yow?
For yif that moneye or honours, or thise other forseyde thinges bringen to men swich a thing that no good ne fayle hem 10 ne semeth fayle, certes than wole I graunte that they ben maked blisful by thilke thinges that they han geten.
And nece, woot ye wher I wol yow leye, For that we shul not liggen fer asonder, 660 And for ye neither shullen, dar I seye, Heren noise of reynes nor of thondre?
Al dredde I first to love him to biginne, Now woot I wel, ther is no peril inne.
Now have I plat to yow myn herte schriven; And sin ye woot that myn entente is clene, 580 Tak hede ther-of, for I non yvel mene.
Distreyne hir herte as faste to retorne As thou dost myn to longen hir to see; Than woot I wel, that she nil not soiorne.
Woot and Polychrome did this and it was no easy task because the hay packed together more than straw and as they had little experience in such work their job, when completed, left the Scarecrow's arms and legs rather bunchy.
And now, in her place sat the form of Woot the Wanderer, and as if suddenly realizing her transformation Mrs. Yoop threw down her work and rushed to a looking-glass that stood against the wall of her room.
But Woot and I intend to stick to our comrades, whatever they decide to do, so we will ask Polychrome to make us as big as we were before.
Woot the Wanderer, having satisfied his hunger, watched this oiling process with much curiosity, but begged the Tin Man to go on with his tale.
At night they stopped at a house where they were well entertained and where Woot was given a comfortable bed to sleep in.
Your color is rather pretty," said the Brown Bear, eyeing Woot critically.
A knapsack was filled with food and given Wootthe Wanderer to carry upon his back, for the food was for his use alone.
At once the door swung open, its great hinges making a groaning sound as if in protest, so Woot leaped down and followed his companions into a big, bare hallway.
Woot and the Scarecrow looked, and the tin men looked at themselves.
Woot watched this operation with much interest, for the Scarecrow's body was only a suit of clothes filled with straw.
Woot noticed that the door had closed silently after they had entered, and that didn't please him at all.
For whan he woot his secree thought, The thridde shal knowe ther-of right nought; For tweyn in nombre is bet than three In every counsel and secree.
And now I woot that I mot go So fer the fresshe floures fro, 4120 To me ful welcome were the deeth; Absens therof, allas, me sleeth!
But wel I woot I was in rage, Whan I to Love dide homage.
Of thing to comen she woot right nought; Therfore, if it be wysly sought, Hir counseille, foly is to take.
He had worried more over what might happen to Woot than to himself, but now he began to worry about himself.
Also there was a hump on his back which made Woot laugh and say it reminded him of a camel, but it was the best they could do and when the head was fastened on to the body they asked the Scarecrow how he felt.
Woot almost gave himself up for lost, at that moment, but he scrambled to his feet and dashed away to the farthest end of the cave, the Dragons following more leisurely because they were too clumsy to move fast.
The fact that the Apron had tripped him made Woot remember its magic powers, and in his terror he cried out: "Open!
Woot leaned forward and picked up the thorn, and while the Loons were busy watching the pump, the boy sprang to his feet and suddenly rushed upon the group.
So Woot gathered a lot of the cream-puffs that were golden yellow and filled with a sweet, creamy substance, and ate until his hunger was satisfied.
With yells of fear they bounded away in all directions, scattering about the clearing, with Woot the Wanderer in full chase.
Woot the Monkey, still facing the door; but his command had no effect and he slowly rejoined the others.
Quit this chatter and let me get to sleep," protested another Dragon, yawning in a fearful manner, for when he opened his mouth a sheet of flame leaped forth from it and made Woot jump back to get out of its way.
The Tin Woodman was then just leaving his tin castle in the company of the Scarecrow and Woot the Wanderer.
But wel I woot expres, with-oute lye, God bad us for to wexe and multiplye; That gentil text can I wel understonde.
He made a gardin, walled al with stoon; So fair a gardinwoot I nowher noon.
Ful litel woot Arcite of his felawe, 1525 That was so ny to herknen al his sawe, For in the bush he sitteth now ful stille.
Upon your bench; she woot it wel, certeyn, By certein tokenes that I can hir telle.
That other spece of malice is, whan a man werreyeth trouthe, whan he woot that it is trouthe.
And wel I woot the substance is in me, If any thing shal wel reported be.
She may have mercy, thiswoot I wel, if she do penitence; but nevere shal it be that she nas corrupt.
Nat that I trowe to geten yow again, For wel I woot that it is al in vain, Sin that the goddes been contraire to me.
Syr, I thenke ze be to wardes London, and well I woot zowre mynde is to ease zour sylffe as hastely as ze may; I pray God ze do to zour honur, and to zour moste well to gederys.
But þis woot I wel þat who so euere wil remembren hym of hys luxuries.
They seyn right thus, that thynge is nat to come, For that the prescience hath seyne byfore That it shal come; but they seyn that therfore That it shal come, therfor the purveyaunce Woot it bifore, withouten ignorance.
I woot wel þat þe soules of men ne mowen nat dien in no wise.
Sir," she seide, "forsothe ywys, I newoot where she is.
As ffor the worlde I woot nott what it menyth, men seye heer, as weell as Hogan, that we shall have adoo in hast; I know no lyklyhod but that suche a rumor ther is.
The Tin Woodman tells Woot the story of how he had once been a flesh-and-blood woodman in love with a maiden named Nimmie Aimee.
The Tin Woodman of Oz Woot the Wanderer causes this chapter of Oz history to transpire.
When Woot wanders into the splendid tin castle of Nick Chopper, the Tin Woodman and Emperor of the Winkies, he meets the Scarecrow, who is visiting his old friend.
Woot suggests that since the Tin Woodman now has a kind and loving heart, it is his duty to find Nimmie Aimee and make her Empress of the Winkies.
Marriage is a cloying meat; marry who thou wootto make a show to shroud thee from the storms round-headed opinion, that sways all the world, may let fall on thee.
I woot wel ther is degree above degree, as reson is; and skile it is that men do hir devoir ther-as is due; but certes, extorciouns and despit of youre underlinges is dampnable.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "woot" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
