sustren

And Sarra Abrahames wife, and Melcha Nachors wif, weren sustren to the seyd Lothe.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

And Sarra Abrahames wife, and Melcha Nachors wif, weren sustren to the seyd Lothe.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

+W+jit þe husebonde godes cunestable hereð  {200} alle hare sahen ⁊ þonkeð god ȝeorne wið swiðe glead heorte of se riche lane as beoð þeos sustren his fowr dehtren þ̵ he haueð ileanet him on helpe forte wite wel ⁊ werien his castel. ⁊ godes deorewurðe feh. þ̵ is biloke þrinne.

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

"Pray you, Mistress Alvena," asked Maude at length -- wedging her question in among a quantity of small-talk -- "hath the Lady Custance brethren or sustren?"

The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Emily Sarah Holt 1864

And Sarra Abrahames wife, and Melcha Nachors wif, weren sustren to the seyd Lothe.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584

Veder and sune and holi gost. and on almihti god : he wite ou in his warde. he gledie ou and froure ou {;} mine leoue sustren. and for al þet ȝe uor him drieð and suffreð. he ne ȝiue ou neu {er} lesse huire þen  {205} alto gedere him suluen. he beo eu {er} i {} heid from worlde to worlde. eu {er} on ecchenesse. amen.

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

[f. 112v] Ȝe mine leoue sustren bute ȝef neod ow driue ⁊ ower meistre hit reade · ne schulen habbe na beast bute cat ane.

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

[f. 56r] ++Þvs mine leoue sustren iþe wildernesse þer ȝe gað {;} in · wið godes folc toward ierusalemes lond · þ̵ is þe riche of heouene {;} beoð þulliche beastes · þulliche wurmes. ne nat ich na sunne þ̵ ne mei beon ilead oðer to an of ham seouene {;} oðer to hare streones. vnsteaðeluest bileaue aȝein godes lare · nis hit te spece  {5} of prude inobedience?

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

To habben farlac of þ̵ an {;} luue toward þ̵ oðeR. ant leaden him ant hinen. þ̵ beoð his limen alle. nawt efteR wil þe untohe lefdi ⁊ his lust leareð. ah efteR þ̵ wit wule þ̵ is husebonde. tuhten ⁊ teachen þ̵ wit ga  {365} eueR biuore ant teache wil efter him. to al þ̵ he dihteð ⁊ demeð to donne. ant wið þe fowR sustren {;} þer {} fore þe fowr heued þeawes.

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

[f. 116r] ++Ȝe mine leoue sustren * bute ȝef neod ow driue* ne schulen habben no best. bute kat one. ancre þet haueð eihte þuncheð bet husewif ase marthe was. þen ancre. ne none weis ne mei heo beon marie. * marthe suster * mid griðfulnesse of heorte.

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