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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bilīban. Equivalent to be- + a Proto-Germanic verb meaning "to be left," which is the root of Old English lāf and lǣfan.
Pronunciation
Verb
belīfan
- to stay or remain
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
Þa tungel-witegan ferdon and hí gebædon, and ða Iudeiscan boceras bæftan belifon, þe þa cenning-stowe þurh bóclic gescead gebícnodon.- The astrologers went and worshipped, and the Jewish scribes remained behind, who had through book-knowledge pointed out the birth-place.
- to continue, remain over, be left
Conjugation
Descendants