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English
Etymology
See livelihood.
Noun
livelode (plural livelodes)
- (obsolete) Course of life; means of support; livelihood.
c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 50v:My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ
they ſang ſometyme a ſong of the feld mowſe
that forbicauſe her lyvelood was but thyñ
Would nedes goo ſeke her townyſſh ſyſters howſe
References
Middle English
Noun
livelode
- livelihood