leggys
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Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]leggys
- Alternative form of legges
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)11077 : She was ffetheryd for to fle; And on her leggys bothe two, Lyk a dowve she was also, And endownyd soffte & ffayr.
- a1450 ?Audelay An a byrchyn bonke (Dc 302)219/44 : [W]ith lymes long and lene and leggys ful lew, [H]adyn lost þe lyp and þe lyuer seþyn þai were layd loue.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)131/234 : Hese leggys here do folde for Age.
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.5 (Hrl 2169)182 : Port de goulys tres jaumbis inne sayle eprone dore. The leggys sylvyr, the sporrys and the kneys golde. The armys of the Ile of Man.
- (1429-30) Rec.St.Mary at Hill72 : Also for leggys to þe same ȝatis..xxxiij d.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)6196 : Hys leggys to faltryn gunne sodeynly, That he no ferthyr goon myth sothly.