Lief

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Low German

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Etymology

From Middle Low German lîf, from Old Saxon līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb. Cognate with Dutch lijf (“body”), English life, German Leib (“body”), Swedish liv (“waist, life”).

Noun

Lief n (pl Liever)

  1. body
    1. (in particular) the stomach, the belly; the abdomen, the trunk
      in'n Liev ― in the guts
      dat in't Lief hebben ― to have a stomach-ache
  2. (rare) life

Synonyms

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