Heo zeven that kin-bern They gave to that kingly child Custen swithe gode.
Heo zeven him that thridde They gave him the third That he scolde longe libben.
Heo zeven him an other thing They gave him another thing That he scolde beon riche king.
Heo zeven him mihte They gave him might To beon best alre cnihton.
And he takethe on; and than men zeven to the othere lordes, that ben aboute him.
And alle be it that the charboncle zeve lyght right y now, natheles at alle tymes brennethe a vesselle of cristalle fulle of bawme, for to zeven gode smelle, and odour to the emperour, and to voyden awey alle wykkede eyres and corrupciouns.
And alle the pileres in his chambre, ben of fyne gold with precious stones, and with many carboncles, that zevengret lyght upon the nyght to alle peple.
Ze scholde zeven ensample to the lewed peple, for to do wel; and zee zeven hem ensample to don evylle.
For men sellen a gome, that men clepen turbentyne, in stede of bawme; and thei putten there to a littille bawme for to zeven gode odour.
And aftre thei maken to come in, other damyselles, bryngynge coupes of gold, fulle of mylk of dyverse bestes, and zevendrynke to lordes and to ladyes.
And to theise ydoles thei zeven to ete, at grete festyfulle dayes, in this manere.
And of that thei zeven a litylle to the pilgrymes; for there gothe out but litylle quantitee of the likour.
In that contree thei maken ydoles, half man, half ox; and in tho ydoles, eville spirites speken and zeven answere to men, of what is asked hem.
And also no man may zeven covenable medicyne, but zif he knowe the qualitee of the dede.
For o synne may be grettere in o man than in another, and in o place and in o tyme than in another: and therfore it behovethe him, that he knowe the kynde of the dede, and thereupon to zeven him penance.
And than theizeven the pilgrimes of here vitaylle, for to passe with the desertes, toward Surrye.
And than aftre, alle the other barouns every of hem zeven hem presentes, or juelle, or sum other thing, aftre that thei ben of estate.
Of folk of dyverse schap and merveylously disfigured: And of the Monkes, that zeven hire releef to Babewynes, Apes and Marmesettes and to other Bestes.
The kyng of this yle is a ful gret lord and a myghty; and hathe undre him 54 grete yles, that zeven tribute to him: and in everyche of theise yles, is a kyng crowned, and alle ben obeyssant to that kyng.
Here for three weeks dwelt the Merry Monarch before he went to the Zeven Toren.
The mansion called De Zeven Torens (the Seven Towers) in the rue Haute (Nos.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "zeven" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
