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When these knyghtes had soo beholde them, they asked hem the cause why they sat at that fontayne; we be here, sayd the damoysels for thys cause, yf we may see ony erraunt knyghtes to teche hem unto straunge auentures, and ye be thre knyghtes that seken auentures, and we be thre damoysels, and therfore eche one of yow must chose one of us.

A History of English Prose Fiction Bayard Tuckerman

"For to wander thro '," is a mistranslation of "to seken;" and to "sing the holy mass," is not the meaning of to "servè halwes couthe," _i. e.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Various

And gunnen him bi {} seken alle so. vre fader he seiden or he was dead. vs he ðis bodewurd seigen bead.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

Boethius, translated by Chaucer, explains the underlying idea, "All thynges seken ayen to hir propre course and all thynges rejoysen in hir returninge agayne to hir nature."

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Chaucer: "All thynges seken ayen to hir propre course, and all thynges rejoysen on hir retourninge agayne to hir nature."

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Sewamono means the "sewa things", sewa being a contraction of the words seken (society of the day) and wadai (subject).

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Umi ga kikoeru Umi ga mitai to kimi ga itte Umi made 5-fun Utsukushii Hito Virgin Road Wagamama na onna-tachi Wakaba no Koro Wakamono no Subete Wakaretara suki na hito Warau Salesman Wataru seken ga oni bakari Watashi Watashi no Unmei (My Destiny) Watashi-tte busu dattano?

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_And ran unto London, into Seint Paules To seken him a chanterie for Soules_ "--- with Wilkins '" Concilia, "vol. iii.

The Coming of the Friars Augustus Jessopp 1868