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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)
- (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
- Alternative form of lyven
Old English
Etymology
Related to Proto-Germanic *lībą. Akin to Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (libains).
Pronunciation
Noun
lifen f
- that by which one lives, support, sustenance
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
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