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Middle English
Verb
laave
- Alternative form of laven
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Etymology
From Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan, from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan.
Pronunciation
Verb
laave (past participle ee-left)
- to leave
Noun
laave
- leave
1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:Zoo wough kisth, an wough parthet; earch man took his laave;- So we kissed and we parted, each man took his leave;
Derived terms
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 51