semblant
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So when he came with his wife Anglides, the king made them fair semblant till they had dined.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Sir Thomas Malory
And therewith he made semblant to strike off his head.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
After gastelich, e erased. ⁊ hwer se he is ȝemeles; nis hare nan þe ne feareð ofte untoheliche. ⁊ gulteð ilome. oðer ifol semblant; oder in vuel dede.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
Sy luy fait moult beau semblant & dit en riant. and now he must tell her who he is.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
Sir Tristram made semblant as if he were sorry, and yet better knew he how it was than the king.
From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by U. Waldo Cutler