meaneth

Grand Cham's lingo meaneth as much as to say Empress in our tongue.

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344

Bewildered we are and passion-tossed, mad with the madness of a mobbed and mocked and murdered people; straining at the armposts of Thy throne, we raise our shackled hands and charge Thee, God, by the bones of our stolen fathers, by the tears of our dead mothers, by the very blood of Thy crucified Christ: What meaneth this?

DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

She possessed herself of this city and seized it from its citizens by sorcery and her name is Queen Lab, which being interpreted, meaneth in Arabic

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

“Tell me truly what this meaneth or I will lay violent hands on thee forthright.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

And indeed he spoke sooth in the words, ‘Whoso saith the world meaneth woman.’

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Quoth Ali the Clever One, “What meaneth all this?”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

So Kurajan sent out scouts, saying, “Go forth and bring me tidings of what meaneth this dust.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Quoth the Princess, “What meaneth thy speech, O nurse?”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Nevertheless, he is a youth of no common spirit, but much like those (in my weak judgment) whom God raises up among a people when he meaneth that their deliverance shall be wrought out with strength of hand and valour of heart.

The Monastery 2008

And Ali also said in his mind, “By Allah, this fellow meaneth to slaughter me; but deliverance is with the Almighty.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006