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- noun Archaic spelling of
thing .
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Examples
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She, however, refused to name the rumor-mongers and explained in the letter that, if she did name names, people would then label her a tattletale: "that shulde be but a briding of a ivel name of me ... and so get the ivel wil of the people, wiche thinge I wolde be lothe to have."
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And also you shall perceaue [perceive] any thinge to be done or attempted contrary to her honor estate degree or suertie ... so helpe you god and the holie Contents of this book. 11
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But the quote is "Sinne is behovely, but alle shalle be wele, and alle shalle be wele, and all maner of thinge shalle be wel."
Decisions and revisions Kat Howard 2009
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But the quote is "Sinne is behovely, but alle shalle be wele, and alle shalle be wele, and all maner of thinge shalle be wel."
Archive 2009-03-01 Kat Howard 2009
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O my gentil rederes, it hath been a thinge of muche difficultee and laboure for to type euen the smallest entrie in myn blogge.
review o’ the day: Geoffrey Chaucer on video games « raincoaster 2006
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Whiche thinge althoughe it ware muche againste their hartes, and an horrible diede, yet did thei it.
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It is no vilany amonge them to flye: if any thinge maye eyther be saued or wonne by it.
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No man amonge the Panchais hath any thinge that he can call proprely his owne: his house, and his gardein excepted.
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Then hee answered very courteously, that being a Monke, and so doing, I did well: for so I should obserue my vowe: neither did himselfe stande in neede of ought that we had, but rather was readie to bestowe vpon vs such thinge as we our selues stood in neede of: and he caused vs to sit downe, and to drinke of his milke.
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Not blowing with blaste of blowesse or mouthe: but makinge winde as it ware with a ventile, or trenchour, or suche like thinge.
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