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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lyf (plural lywe, diminutive lyfie)
Synonyms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse lyf, from Proto-Germanic *lubją.
Pronunciation
Noun
lyf n (genitive singular lyfs, nominative plural lyf)
Declension
Derived terms
- eiturlyf
- eiturlyfjasali
- lyfjasali
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.
Pronunciation
Noun
lyf (plural lyves or lyven, dative singular lyve)
- life
- c. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, Parlement of Foulys:
- The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne,
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 10:10, folio 49, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- a nyȝt þeef comeþ not .· but þat he ſteele ſle ⁊ leeſe / and I cam þat þey haue lijf .· ⁊ haue more plenteuouſli.
- A stealthy thief doesn't come unless he can steal, kill, and ruin. But I came so they could have life, and have it more abundantly.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “līf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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Old English
Noun
lȳf n
- alternative spelling of līf
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /lɨːv/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /liːv/
Verb
lyf
- soft mutation of llyf
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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