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LIFIAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode
To LIVE
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  • Ne swelte ic ac ic lifige

    non moriar, sed vivam,

    • Ps. Th. 117,17
    • :
    • 118, 93
    • .
  • Ðú eádig leófast,

    • 127, 2
    • .
  • Ðenden ðú hér leofast,

    • Cd. 43
    • ;
    • Th. 57, 29
    • ;
    • Gen. 935
    • .
  • Ðǽr hit lifaþ swá unnyt swá hit wæs

    where it continues as useless as it was before,

    • Beo. Th. 6316
    • ;
    • B. 3168
    • .
  • Lyfaþ

    vivet,

    • Ps. Th. 71, 15
    • .
  • Þurh Godes fultum, ðe lyfaþ and ríxaþ á bútan ende,

    • Blickl. Homl. 131, 6
    • .
  • Leofaþ,

    • 13, 29
    • .
  • Ða gástlícan láre, ðe úre sául big leofaþ,

    • 57, 9
    • .
  • On gewinne and on swáte hé leofaþ

    • 59, 36.
  • Se ðe him sylfum leofaþ

    he who lives to himself,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 78, 4.
  • Be heora ágenum handgewinne lifigeaþ

    proprio labore manuum vivant,

    • Bd. 4, 4
    • ;
    • S. 571, 22
    • :
    • 4, 28
    • ;
    • S. 605, 16
    • .
  • Be ðæm balzamum ða men in ðæm londe lifgeaþ

    opobalsamo vescuntur,

    • Nar. 31, 6
    • .
  • Godes is ðæt yrfe ðe wé big leofiaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 51, 18
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  • Ðǽm mannum ðe be his lárum lifiaþ,

    • 61, 13
    • .
  • On hwylcum geswince hié lifiaþ,

    • 59, 25
    • .
  • Gif wé ða dagas fulfremedlíce for Gode lifgeaþ,

    • 35, 25
    • .
  • Ða hwíle ðe wé lifgaþ hér on worlde,

    • 35, 35
    • .
  • Se cyning Eglippus leofode his líf on eáwfæstre drohtnunge,

    • 476, 16
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  • Se hálga swá leofode swá hé tǽhte,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 186, 19
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  • Se æþeling lyfode [other MS. leofode] ðá gyt,

    • Chr. 1036
    • ;
    • Erl. 165, 21
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  • Hé ðǽr sum fæc on forhæbbendum lífe lifede

    aliquandiu continentissimam gestit vitam,

    • Bd. 5, 11
    • ;
    • S. 626, 16
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  • Hí for heofonan ríces lufan on ellþeódignesse lifedon

    pro æterna patria exulaverant,

    • 5, 10
    • ;
    • S. 624, 12
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  • Ðú leofa bútan mé gif ðú mǽge

    live without me, if you can,

    • Wulfst. 259, 5
    • .
  • Ic beó láreów georn ðæt hé monþeáwum mínum lifge

    I am diligent in teaching him to live according to my customs,

    • Exon. 71 b
    • ;
    • Th. 267, 5
    • ;
    • Jul. 410
    • .
  • Ðone geleáfan ðý Cristenan þeáwe lifigean and ðone wel healdan

    fidem more christiano servare,

    • Bd. 2, 9
    • ;
    • S. 510, 31
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  • Hú hí mid heora geférum drohtian and lifigean scylon

    qualiter cum suis clericis conversentur,

    • 1, 27
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    • S. 488, 37
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  • Leofigean,

    • S. 489, 21
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  • Hé wolde his líf on ælþeódignysse lyfian

    peregrinus vivere vellet,

    • 3, 27
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    • S. 559, 9
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  • Se líchoma bútan mete and drence leofian ne mæg,

    • Blickl. Homl. 57, 10
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  • On forhæfdnesse lifgean,

    • 35, 21
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  • He ongan lifgean ongeán Gode ǽrðon ðe hé him sylfum lifgean mihte,

    • 165, 22
    • .
  • Gif seó upplíce árfæstnys mé ǽnig fæc tó lifianne forgifan wylle,

    • Bd. 3, 13
    • ;
    • S. 538. 31
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  • Ic symle tilode tó lifigenne tó ðínes múþes bebode,

    • 4, 29
    • ;
    • S. 607, 28
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  • On dwolan lifigende,

    • 2, 15
    • ;
    • S. 518, 42
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  • Be Diocletiane lyfgendum

    vivente Diocletiano,

    • 1, 8
    • ;
    • S. 479, 28
    • :
    • Chart. Th. 485, 33
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  • Sume forlǽtaþ ða hig ǽr hæfdon and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimaþ

    some leave the wives they had before, and while the wife is still living, take another,

    • Wulfst. 269, 23
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  • Sum ðéh hé forlǽte ða hé ǽr hæfde, hé be lifiendre ðære eft óðere nimþ,

    • L. Eth. vi. 5
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    • Th. i. 316, 10
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  • Hine þurh ðone lifigendan Drihten hálsedon,

    • Bd. 4, 28
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    • S. 606, 14
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Etymology
[
O. Frs. livia.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-lifian; cwic-, un-lifigende; libban.
Linked entries
v.  leofian LIBBAN.
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