Lexicographical Neighbors of Persaunt
Literary usage of Persaunt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guenevere: A Play in Five Acts by Stark Young (1906)
"persaunt Nay, I dare swear my lady's purity. Be the truth As it may, shame unto
a man that speaks Shamefully of a lady and a queen. Agravaine You wear fresh ..."
2. La Mort D'Arthure: The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the by Thomas Malory (1866)
"So the messenger went againe unto sir persaunt, and told him all his answers. "
Well," said hee, " then will I have adoe with him to the uttermost;" and ..."
3. The byrth, lyf, and actes of Kyng Arthur: of his noble knyghtes of the by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1817)
"A a sayd persaunt that is the knyghte of the reed launde, the whiche is the moost
... Now shal I telle you said syr persaunt, thys reed knyghte of the reed ..."
4. The Oxford Treasury of English Literature by Grace Eleanor Hadow (1906)
"Gramercy,' said Sir persaunt, ' gentle knight and damosel, for certainly now I
know well it was you that slew the black knight my brother at the black thorn ..."
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