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livelode
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English
Etymology
See livelihood.
Noun
livelode (plural livelodes)
- (obsolete) Course of life; means of support; livelihood.
- c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 50v:
- My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ
they ſang ſometyme a ſong of the feld mowſe
that forbicauſe her lyvelood was but thyñ
Would nedes goo ſeke her townyſſh ſyſters howſe
References
- “livelode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Middle English
Noun
livelode
- alternative form of liflode
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