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- determiner Obsolete spelling of
every .
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Examples
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Quarreller, for so be al such persons as delight in taking the contrary part of whatsoeuer shalbe spoken: when I was scholler in Oxford they called euery such one _Iohannes ad oppositum.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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Parkinson says about the "Honisucle that groweth wilde in euery hedge," and how he left it there, "to serve their senses that travell by it, or have no garden;" and then he said, "So Mary is called Traveller's Joy, because she plants flowers in the hedges, to serve their senses that travel by them."
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"The Honisucle that groweth wilde in euery hedge, although it be very sweete, yet doe I not bring it into my garden, but let it rest in his owne place, to serue their senses that trauell by it, or haue no garden."
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God in the scriptures giueth many blessings, for his labours of all other are most excellent, and therefore to be a Husbandman is to be a good man; whence the auntients did baptise, and wée euen to this day doe seriously obserue to call euery Husbandman, both in our ordinary conference and euery particular salutation, goodman such a one, a title
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Ye haue another figure very pleasant and fit for amplification, which to answer the Greeke terme, we may call the encounter, but following the Latine name by reason of his contentious nature, we may call him the Quarreller, for so be al such persons as delight in taking the contrary part of whatsoeuer shalbe spoken: when I was a scholler in Oxford they called euery such one Iohannes ad oppositum.
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Apparently, the steward of the combined household, John Shelton, insisted that Elizabeth preside over the main meal "euery day at the bord of astate" (board of estate or high table) .141 Bryan understood that, in this case, the politics of ostentation might be harmful to the three-year-old Elizabeth, who would be unable to resist the "dyvers metes" and other rich foods laid out in the great hall.
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Example: “Ye knowen wel that euery lusty knight, / that loueth paramours and hath his might / Were it in Engelond or elliswhere / They wold hir thankes wilnen to be there.” ‘hir’ is a ME form of ‘their’ re: pragmatics: When an antecedent is semantically male, male pronouns are used.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Spurious Grammatical “Rules” of Every Sort Are My Abhorrence 2009
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Example: “Made euery wight to been in swich plesaunce / That al Monday iusten they and daunce.” “every wight” = ME for “everyone” or “everybody”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Spurious Grammatical “Rules” of Every Sort Are My Abhorrence 2009
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And what ye haue piked / þe stuff owt of euery shelle with þe poynt of youre knyff, loke ye temper hit welle, put vinegre / þerto, verdjus, or ayselle, 596
Introducing Triple-Yogh Days: Complete with a Random Bullets of Catch-up Preamble Heo 2008
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Skilfull Anglers hide their hookes, fit baytes for euery season ;
Archive 2006-03-01 Heo 2006
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