And also, the auctorite of esy wordes is the more; and eke, they yeven the more understandinge to other 10 intencion of the mater.
And ther shal be yeven the jugement, Or elles we shal make som accord.
And that thing is not yeven by desert of yeldinge oon benefyt for another, but only through goodnesse of the yever of grace in thilke tyme.
Your comfort hathyeven me suche hardinesse That now I shal be bold, withouten fayl, To do after your avyse and counsayl.
But dignite[es] of hemself ben not good, ne yeven reverence ne worshippe by their owne kynde.
Yeven under our signet at our manner of Colly Weston, the x^th day of February.
Yeven under oure signet at my Lordes Palois of Westmynstre, the xxv.
Yeven under our Signet at our manner of Shene, the xij^th day of August.
Yeven under our signet at our manner of Richmount, the xx^ty day of Marche.
If it be lent, than aftir soon, The bountee and the thank is doon; But, in love, free yeven thing Requyrith a gret guerdoning.
And she of hirs may him, certeyn, Withoute sclaundre, yeven ageyn, And ioyne her hertes togidre so 5075 In love, and take and yeve also.
Yeve it in yift al quit fully, And make thy yift debonairly; For men that yift [wol] holde more dere That yeven is with gladsome chere.
Whan thou hast yeven thyn herte, as I Have seid thee here [al] openly, Than aventures shulle thee falle, Which harde and hevy been withalle.
But sirs, o word forgat I in my tale, I have relikes and pardon in my male, 920 As faire as any man in Engelond, Whiche were me yeven by the popes hond.
Thus shal man hope, for hise werkes of penaunce, that god shall yeven him his regne; as he bihoteth him in the gospel.
And therfore, if ye wole that men do yow obeisance, ye moste demen more curteisly; /3045 this is to seyn, ye moste yeven more esy sentences and Iugements.
But in swich folk hath the devel power, as seyde the aungel Raphael to Thobie; for in hir assemblinge they putten Iesu Crist out of hir herte, and yeven hem-self to alle ordure.
And for-as-muchel as they yeven ther as they sholde nat yeven, to hem aperteneth thilke malisoun that Crist shal yeven at the day of dome to hem that shullen been dampned.
Now sithen he defendeth, that man shal nat yeven to his brother ne to his freend the might of his body, / by a strenger resoun he defendeth and forbedeth a man to yeven him-self to his enemy.
Who shal me yeven teres to compleyne The deeth of gentillesse and of fraunchyse, That al the world welded in his demeyne, 3855 And yit him thoughte it mighte nat suffyse?
Up roos tho oon of thise olde wyse, and with his hand made contenaunce that men sholde holden hem stille and yeven him audience.
Certes, the hevene is yeven to hem that wol labouren, and nat to ydel folk.
And to the maladye of him god putteth remedie, to yeven him richesses.
O my Criseyde, O lady sovereyne Of thilke woful soule that thus cryeth, Who shal now yeven comfort to the peyne?
For ther ben grete clerkes many oon, That destinee thorugh argumentes preve; And som men seyn that nedely ther is noon; 970 But that free chois is yeven us everichoon.
And yit, certes, they wolden bothe han renounced hir power; of whiche two Senek enforcede him to yeven to Nero his richesses, and also to han gon in-to 40 solitarie exil.
And the prosperitee that isyeven to shrewes sheweth a greet argument to gode folk, what thing they sholde demen of thilke welefulnesse, the whiche prosperitee men seen 205 ofte serven to shrewes.
Who-so wolde thanne resonably wenen, that blisfulnesse were in swiche honours as ben yeven by vicious shrewes?
And to som othre folk is yeven power to punisshen, for that it shal be cause of continuacioun and exercysinge to gode folk and cause of 220 torment to shrewes.
But now, yif so be that dignitees and powers be yevento goode men, the whiche thing is ful selde, what agreable thing is ther in tho 15 dignitees or powers but only the goodnesse of folkes that usen hem?
And, if thou hast any-thing wherwith, thou mayest rightfully defenden thy compleint, it behoveth thee to shewen it; and I wol yeven thee space to tellen it.
And her-by is assoiled thilke thing that thou puttest a litel her-biforn, that is to seyn, that it is unworthy thing to seyn, that our futures yeven cause of 200 the science of god.
To yeven a yong wenche To an old feble, Or wedden any wodewe For welthe of hir goodes, That nevere shal barn bere But if it be in hir armes.
And wounden hym in cloutes, And senten hym with seles On Sondayes to chirches, And yevenpardoun for pens Pounde-mele aboute.
To the right honourable and my Veray good Lordes my Lord Lyssle depute of Calas and my Lorde Edmonde Howard Comptroller ther and to eyther of them be this yeven Endd.
Yeven under oure signet at oure Palois of Westmynster, the xviij.
Yeven under oure signet in oure Castell of Framlyngham, the xxij.
I pray yow hertlye to comyn wyth the seyd Fenne, that y myght be ensured of the seyd taylle to be eschaunged; and for whate rewarde competant to be yeven uppon the same, I wolle agree it.
Yeven under our signet at our citye of Salesbury, the xviij.
Yeven undre oure signet at oure citie of York, the vij.
What wene ye your wyse fader wolde Han yeven Antenor for yow anoon, 905 If he ne wiste that the citee sholde Destroyed been?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "yeven" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
