And as to thy never, lady, thou wottest not the like of him or of the folk he hath about him.
Thou wottest that I have sworn by the Raiser of the Heavens that after I have gone in to her this night I shall say to thee on the morrow's morning:--Take her and slay her!
We ate (continued the Reeve), and were returning to our homes when there befell me with the Hunchback that thou wottest of.
Quoth the youth, "O King of the age, wottest thou not what journey is between thee and thy city?
Then take the sword," said he "and strike off her head and I will believe that thou wottest her not and will leave thee free to go, and will not deaf 'hardly with thee.
Wottest thou not that we are brothers and both by Allah's grace Wazirs and equal in office?
Bishop, Bishop, thy pride may have a fall ere thou wottest of it.
Thou wottest old bones must alway make room for young blood.
Then one of his men who was near him said, "Good master, thou wottest not the force that Robin Hood has about him and how little he cares for warrant of king or sheriff.
Quoth he, "Perhaps King Richard's welfare is more to me than thou wottest of, fellow.
I hunger; thou wottest my queenly board hath not been overloaded these last days.
Art thou content to give thine head away in this fashion, whereas thou wottest that I shall presently slay this king of thine?
So he spake on a day to the women, and said to the gold-clad one: "How wottest thou in the winter of the coming of the sun When yet the world is darkling?
O Prince of True Believers, wottest thou not that all men are thy lieges and under thy rule and that it is not meet for the Caliph to rise to any man?
Quoth the Recluse, Wottest thou why this befel thee and thou wast defeated?
Another answered him: 'Thou wottest not what thou art saying.
Now firstly will I give thee whatever homestead in Zealand thou art minded to have, and I will furthermore make thee a great man an thou wottest how to act.
Then said he to Galahad: "Son, wottest thou what I hold betwixt my hands?
I am Joseph of Arimathie, the which Our Lord hath sent here to thee to bear thee fellowship; and wottest thou wherefore that he hath sent me more than any other?
Quoth the other, "Wottest thou not the cause of this affliction?
But she wept and said, 'O Ibrahim, wottestthou who that is?
Wottest thou not that Allah tempteth His creatures in order to learn by trial what may be their powers of patience?
Rejoined I, 'O my lady, whence wottest thou my name and who art thou and what case befel the people of this city, that they are become stones?
Now I have told thee, indeed, of two things whereof we both wot; but next I must needs tell thee of things whereof I wot, and thou wottest not.
When we are free, and thou knowest all that I have done, I pray thee deem me not evil and wicked, and be not wroth with me for my deed; whereas thou wottest well that I am not in like plight with other women.
FN#286] And wottest thou not, O my brother, what said the poet?
As they hied them home one who hated the generous man asked the Governor, "Wottest thou the wherefore he went forth to farewell his quondam guest at so late a time as this?
And ere long quoth one of the twain, "Say me, wottest thou the mortal who sitteth yonder?
For thee, Ambrose, thou wottest I made thee a fair offer of bed and board.
Wottest thou not but for Stephen they might be blinding thy sweet blue eyes with hot needles?
Wottest thou not that it is a transient dwelling wherein for none there is abiding; and yet thou taketh thought unto the world and cleaves" fast thereto?
Indeed, thou hast attainted his honour; but now restore her to her palace, for that she hath done well and favoured us and rendered us service, and thou wottest that she is this day our queen.
Wottest thou not that Imlak is of the chiefs of the Jinn?
Now hearken to me, Ralph, and I will tell thee much of the Lady Aliva that thou wottest not of.
Thou wottest that ere long we attack the old tower and the inner bailey," the uncle proceeded, in a tragic manner.
Mu'awiyah answered, 'Wottest thou of any city founded by man which is builded of gold and silver, the pillars whereof are of chrysolite and rubies and its gravel pearls and balls of musk and ambergris and saffron?
They remarked, "Thou art used to wone at home and wottest not the joys of travel, for travel is for men only.
How 'tis with me thou wottest well * Will union come as union goes?
The Archiater replied, "O King of the Age, in very sooth we know that this is thy son and thouwottest that we fail not of diligence in tending a stranger; so how much more with medicining thy son?
So they brought him and Ra'ad Shah said to him, "Thou wottest that this quarrel is thy quarrel and thou art the cause of all this slaughter.
How 'tis with me thouwottest well * When union's bought 'tis haply best!
Then (continued the controller) we ate and went away: and after, there happened to me with the hunchback that thou wottest of.
The players thou wottest of are to stop at the Peacock, and will be giving some sport there.
Thy mother thinks thou wilt make better speed if I make thee to know that the players thou wottest of are to stop at the Peacock Inn and will be giving some sport there.
But we may not tarry; for thou wottest how busy we be at home; and Sun-beam needeth me, if it were only to make her sure that no Dusky Man is bearing off thine head by its lovely locks.
He said: 'Thou wottest well that thou hast all my love, neither will I fail thee in the battle.
Sister Bow-may, thou wottest that it would be a sore grief to me if thou camest to any harm, and thou also, fellow Wood-wise.
Thou wottestthat the pitcher is not broken the first time it goeth to the well, nor maybe the twentieth, but at last it cometh not back.
Quoth I, 'Wottest thou not how I love thee and what I have suffered for thy sake?
Thou wottest that I have sworn by the Raiser of the Heavens that after I have gone into her this night I shall say to thee on the morrow's morning:—Take her and slay her!
Then take the sword," said he "and strike off her head and I will believe that, thou wottest her not and will leave thee free to go, and will not deal hardly with thee.
We ate, (continued the Reeve) and were returning to our homes when there befel me with the Hunchback that thou wottest of.
Wottest thou not the saying:— Sans hope of gain Love's not worth a grain?
Thou wottestthat I cast not my net each day save four times;[63] the third is done and as yet Thou hast vouchsafed me nothing.
Hereat the Sultan took thought and marvelled; then, summoning the Sharper he said to him when present, "O man, thy speech is true and thou art indeed a genealogist in horseflesh and thou wottest it well.
Thence- forwards she ceased not repeating her calls to thee for the period thou wottest well until by her cunning she brought thee hither; and that happened which happened and thou didst take the daughter to wife.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wottest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
