lifen

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English

Etymology

From life +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

Verb

lifen (third-person singular simple present lifens, present participle lifening, simple past and past participle lifened)

  1. (obsolete) To liven, to enliven.
    • 1600 or 1601 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], Antonios Reuenge. The Second Part. , London: for Thomas Fisher, and are to be soulde  , published 1602, →OCLC, Act II, scene v, signature E2, recto:
      Ruſh me in / VVhil'ſt Mellida prepares her ſelfe to die: / Halter about thy necke, and vvith ſuch ſighs, / Laments, and acclamations lyfen it, / As if impulſiue povver of remorſe.

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Middle English

Verb

lifen

  1. Alternative form of lyven

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to Proto-Germanic *lībą. Akin to Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (libains).

Pronunciation

Noun

lifen f

  1. that by which one lives, support, sustenance

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative lifen lifna, lifne
accusative lifne lifna, lifne
genitive lifne lifna
dative lifne lifnum

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