semblant
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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 Hall, Joseph
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 Cutler, U. Waldo
El ne fu gaie ne jolive, Ains fu par semblant ententive Du tout à bonnes ovres faire; Et si avoit vestu la haire.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
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 Malory, Thomas, Sir
La royne le ouyst bien, si ne dit mot, et fait semblant que riens nen ouyt.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
