leggys

Middle English

Noun

leggys

1. Alternative form of legges
   • a1475, John Lydgate, Pilgrimage of the Life of Man, Vit C.13, page 11077:

     She was ffetheryd for to fle; And on her leggys bothe two, Lyk a dowve she was also, And endownyd soffte & ffayr.

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   • a1450, John Audelay, An a byrchyn bonke, Dc 302, page 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.

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   • ?a1475, Ludus Coventriae, Vsp D.8, page 131/234:

     Hese leggys here do folde for Age.

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   • c1460, Book of Arms, Anc.5 (Hrl 2169), page 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.

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   • 1429-30, Records of St. Mary at Hill, page 72:

     Also for leggys to þe same ȝatis..xxxiij d.

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   • 1447, Osbern Bokenham, Lives of Saints, Arun 327, page 6196:

     Hys leggys to faltryn gunne sodeynly, That he no ferthyr goon myth sothly.

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