Thus am I lost, for ought that I can see; For certeyn is, sin that I am hir knight, I moste hir honour levere han than me 570 In every cas, as lovere oughte of right.
He ne hoeld nouther wey ne strete, For him wes loth men to mete; Him were leveremeten one hen, Than half an oundred wimmen.
Me were levere be fortrode With wilde hors and be todrawe, Er I ayein love and his lawe Dede eny thing or loude or stille, Which were noght mi ladi wille.
I hadde levere be mi trowthe, Er I were set on such a slouthe And beere such a slepi snoute, Bothe yhen of myn hed were oute.
For this I telle you in schrifte, That me were levere hir love winne Than Kaire and al that is ther inne: And forto slen the hethen alle, I not what good ther mihte falle, 1660 So mochel blod thogh ther be schad.
Orace to his Prince tolde, That him were levere that he wolde Upon knihthode Achillem suie In time of werre, thanne eschuie, So as Tersites dede at Troie.
For certes, if sche were myn, I hadde hir levere than a Myn Of Gold; for al this worldesriche Ne mihte make me so riche As sche, that is so inly good.
This knyht hath levere forto dye Than breke his trowthe and forto lye In place ther as he was swore, And schapth him gon ayein therfore.
For me ys levere in this lif As a lorel beggen, Than in lysse to lyve, And lese lyf and soule.
No doubt the situation was very nearly as he described it to be--LeVere was no navigator, and Estada himself only an indifferent one.
I wondered that LeVere hung on so long in his perilous position, although, in spite of the increased strain, the anchor still clung firmly.
LeVere would have knifed him even as he lay there helpless, but for my threat and insistence.
LeVere had obtained no more than a glimpse of his opponent, during their struggle in the dark, and while fighting for his life.
It was evident that LeVere was endeavoring to keep the watch on deck busy.
Two men struggled at the wheel, and there were times when LeVere paused in his promenade from rail to rail to give them a helping hand.
However there was no noise, other than the creaking and groaning of the ship's timbers, mingled with the steady tread of LeVere on the upper deck.
I climbed the ladder to where LeVere stood on the poop, but carefully ignored his presence, my gaze on the scene aloft.
After staring aloft, and about the horizon into the impenetrable mist, he joined LeVere at the port rail in a short earnest conversation.
Under no circumstances permit LeVere to enter the cabin.
The mist failed to lift, but seemed to shut us in more closely with every hour, the wind growing continually more boisterous, but LeVere held on grimly.
LeVere came with us, expecting this job would be done before now, for by this time the schooner should be in water again, her sides scraped clean of barnacles, fit for any cruise.
LeVere called for men to stand by, the fellows rushing past me to their stations, but, in the fascination of the moment, I failed to move.
And it is in words almost identical with those of Bibbesworth that the author describes the difference in the meaning of some words according to their gender: La levere deit clore les dentz.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "levere" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
