To whome this other sayde: I shall shewe the sone a remedye and a medecyne therfore, that is thus: go take an aspen lefe and laye it vnder her tonge this nyght, she beynge a slepe; and I warante the that she shall speke on the morowe.
Alnwick makes the usual injunction forbidding boarders "ouere the age of a man of nyne yere ne woman of xij yere, ne noght thaym wythe owten specyalle lefe of vs or our successours.
Bishop Alnwick forbids boarders to be received "but if ye hafe lefe of hus or our successours, bysshope of Lincolne, but if it be yong childerne, a man not ouere ix yere of age and a woman of xii yere of age.
And where in the first lefe of your letters ye write that ye doubt nothing neither before god, nor befor the worlde if nede shal that require: so to declare yourself.
In Wytnes Wherof to this my present testament and last will I haue sett my hand in euery lefe conteyned in this Boke the day and yere before lymyted per me Thomam Crumwell[141] Endorsed.
None so pleasaunt to mi pay," she said, "Nor none so lefe to me.
Thus be these good yemen gon to the wod, As lyght as lefe on lynde;[L172] They lough and be mery in theyr mode, Theyr ennemyes were ferre behynd.
This herbe hathe leves lyke to Ferne, but the leves be smaller, and it groweth on walles and stones, and in ye myddes of ye lefe is as it were blacke heere.
And certeyn̄ elles wole he be slayn̄, That is to you so lefe and dere.
Thus thai hurteled to-gedere The combat lasted the Alle the lefelonge daye, 832 whole day.
And lefe his fals laye, 764 Babyloyne shal he never see he never shall see For alle his grete aray.
Thay toke here lefe and fortħ thay yede, The knights take It availed not agayne him to sayne.
For his love wille I cristenede be baptised, And lefe Mahoundes laye.
How men of noblesse ought lefe sensualitees and delites.
Thus be these good yomen gon to the wode, As lyghtly as lefe on lynde; They laugh and be mery in theyr mode, Theyr enemyes were farr behynde.
None soe pleasant to my pay,’ shee sayd; ‘Nor none so lefe to me.
It is longe for Grenëlefe Fastinge thus for to be; Therfor I pray thee, sir stuarde, Mi dyner gif me.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lefe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
