I serued in the ciuill vvarres of Pirru, vvhere I vvas vvounded in diuers parts of my body, and am novv thereby lame in one of my legges and shoulder.
Footnote 231: "In twenty manere coude he trippe and dance After the schole of Oxenforde tho, And with his legges casten to and fro.
Hir shoes were laced on hir legges hye; She was a prymerole, a pigges-nye For any lord to leggen in his bedde, Or yet for any good yeman to wedde.
As help me god, whan that I saugh him go After the bere, me thoughte he hadde a paire Of legges and of feet so clene and faire, That al myn herte I yaf un-to his hold.
Would they coold swime as ducks can, see how they spread And cast theire legges abroad lyke naked frogges!
Are your leggesgrowne so feeble on the suddeine They feyle when you shoold travell to your whores, But you must bringe them home and keepe them heere Under my nose?
I am bound hand and foote, And yet boath legges and armes at liberty.
This falls out As I coold wishe, and in a fortunate hower; For better then to too leggestrust to fower.
His head and legges are found, but for the rest, No man can tell what is become of it.
The head and legges Ile leave in some darke place; I care not if they finde them yea or no.
Whan the poller sawe the preste was tourned, he snatched vp the purs, and toke hislegges and to go.
We ought perhaps to read: "and toke to hislegges as if to go.
And seing him runne towardes the gibet, the watche toke their legges and ran away.
Onosceli, as it is written in =Plutarche=, are Diuels, hauing legges like vnto asses.
He may, andlegges booted and spurr'd to ride into the countrey.
She does The trade an honor, credit to the profession, We may in time see baldnesse, quarter noses, And rotten legges to take the wall of footclothes.
He had his boltes or shackles on his legges when he spake to me, and still, when he looked on them, wept lyke a childe.
Vpon their legges they weare hose of leather, with the furre side inward two or three paire on at once, and especially the women.
They doo beate them vppon the thighes and calues of the legges, causing the offender or patient to lye downe vppon his breast or stomacke, and commande their heades and legges to be holden.
If thy leggesbe blowen with gowte boyle the leaves in water and binde them in a linnen cloath and winde it about thy legges and it shall do thee much good.
It also helpeth the paine of the loins, if the sicke part be annointed therewith, and all ulcers in the legges or shinnes, when a plaister is made thereof with bole armoricke.
A yarewhelp or barker [some words smeared out] [see Note 39] a marsh-bird the bill 2 inches long the legges about that length the bird of a brown or russet colour.
A marsh bird the legges & feet black without an heele the bill black about 3 quarters of an inch long they grow very fatt & are accounted a dayntie dish.
Some charge theyr bely with wyne in suche wyse That theyr legges skant can bere vp the body Here is a sort to drowne a hole nauy.
For, if perchaunce your legges be very long, and men use but short garments: you may use a meane, not to long, nor to short.
And this fellow so full of these Ceremonies, after a number of legges and shuflinge curtesis, aunswers againe: "Sir I am very well thus.
A man must not come forthe with his kercheif, or quaife one his head, nor yet stroke up his hosen uppon his legges in company.
And if your legges be to small, to greate, or crooked: make not your hosen of to light and garishe a colour, that it may not call men to looke and to gawre uppon your deformitie.
I doubt whether their Legges be worth the summes that are giuen for 'em.
My legges do better vnderstand me sir, then I vnderstand what you meane by bidding me taste my legs To.
Albons last, Your legges did better seruice then your hands War.
Ah, thus King Henry throwes away his Crutch, Before his Legges be firme to beare his Body.
Now for our Mountaine sport, vp to yond hill Your legges are yong: Ile tread these Flats.
I care not for my spirits, if my legges were not wearie Ros.
My Lords, Saint Albone here hath done a Miracle: And would ye not thinke it, Cunning to be great, That could restore this Cripple to his Legges againe Simpc.
Come Neighbor: the boy shall leade our Horses downe the hill: Wee'l walke a-foot a while, and ease our Legges Theeues.
If this Letter moue him not, hislegges cannot: Ile giu't him Mar.
Whiche matter the post did handle so well, as he brought the letter, when he was at supper, with botes on his legges all durtie and raied, as though he were newly lighted from his horse.
Well" (quoth I) "at these games you speake of, both legges and armes bee tryed.
The legges and feet not green but an ordinarie dark cork colour.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "legges" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
