Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
have .
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Examples
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[I] ch am murðes sonde. ⁊ munegunge of eche lif. ant liues luue i {} haten ⁊ cume riht from heouene þ̵ ich habbe isehen nu ant ofte ear {220} þe blisse þ̵ na monnes tunge ne mei of tellen. þe iblescede godd iseh ow offruhte. ⁊ sumdel drupnin of þ̵ fearlac talde of deað.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Alle sunnen sunderliche bi hare nomeliche nomen ne mahte namon rikenin · ah i þeo þe ich habbe {25} iseid {;} alle oþre beoð bilokene.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Leofemen nu ȝe habbeð iherð of þis putte þe bitacni {n} ge þe ic habbe embe ispeken. ⁊ þe bitacninge of þe
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Al to muchel ich habbe ispent. to litel ihud in horde.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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As so {270} solle hi habbe þo blisce of heuene {;} ase þo þet ferst come {n} into þe winyyarde.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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+Þe do {m} scal sone bon idon+ ne lest he nawiht lo {n} ge. ne scal him na mon mene þer of st {re} ngþe ne of wronge. þe sculen habbe herdne dom þa her weren herde. þa þe uuele holden wreche men ⁊ uuele laȝe redde.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Wið {} ute þeser láge ni ` s´ man þe ȝescod habbe.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Bi {} hote ich habbe soþ hit is. þat maister nichole þ̵ is wis.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Ich habbe þeruore sar care for ich iseo seið warschipe hu þe {150} unwhiht wið his ferd ase liun iburst. ȝeað abuten ure hus sechinde ȝeornliche hu he hit forswolhe. ⁊ tis ich mei seið warschipe warnin ow of his lað ⁊ for his wrenches. ah ich ne mei nawt aȝeines his strengðe.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Vnnet lif ich habbe ilad ⁊ ȝiet me þincheð ilade 5
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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