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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
Cognate with Old Frisian leva, Old Saxon libbian, Old High German lebēn, Old Norse lifa, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban).
Pronunciation
Verb
libban
- to live
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 45:3
And hē cwæþ tō his ġebrōðrum, "Iċ eom Iosep! Leofaþ ūre fæder nū ġīet?" Þā ne meahton his ġebrōðru him for eġe ġeandwyrdan.- And he said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?" But, out of fear, his brothers could not answer him.
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- Middle English: lyven, leeve, lefe, leve, leven, libbe, libben, lifen, live, liven, lybbe, lyve, libbæn, libbenn, livie, livien, luvien (Early Middle English)