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Yghe

Yghe \Y"ghe\, n. Eye. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Usage examples of "yghe".

Gawan wat3 glad to begynne those gomnez in halle, Bot tha3 the ende be heuy haf yghe no wonder.

For me think hit not semly, as hit is soth knawen, Ther such an askyng is heuened so hy3e in your sale, Tha3 yghe yghourself be talenttyf, to take hit to yourseluen, Whil mony so bolde yow aboute vpon bench sytten, That vnder heuen I hope non ha3erer of wylle, Ne better bodyes on bent ther baret is rered.

Quoth that burde to the burne, "Blame 3e disserue, Yghif 3e luf not that lyf that yghe lye nexte, Bifore alle the wy3e3 in the worlde wounded in hert, Bot if 3e haf a lemman, a leuer, that yow lyke3 better, And folden fayth to that fre, festned so harde That yow lausen ne lyst--and that I leue nouthe.

Ho bede hit hym ful bysily, and he hir bode wernes, And swere swyfte by his sothe that he hit sese nolde, And ho sore that he forsoke, and sayde therafter, "If 3e renay my rynk, to ryche for hit seme3, Yghe wolde not so hy3ly halden be to me, I schal gif yow my girdel, that gaynes yow lasse.