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a-libban

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
a-libban, -lybban; p. -lifde, -lyfde; pp. -lifd, -lyfd
Wright's OE grammar
§646;
To live, live after, survive; vivere, superesse
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  • Ðæt heó wolde hyre líf on fæmnanháde alibban

    that she would live out her life in maidenhood,

    • Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 5
    • .
  • Hwá unclǽnnisse líf alifde

    who lived a life of uncleanness,

    • Exon, 116 b; Th. 448, 32
    • ;
    • Dóm. 63
    • :
    • Hý. 4, 115
    • .
  • Hy on bilwitnesse hyra líf alyfdon

    they lived a harmless life,

    • Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 5
    • :
    • Ex. 21, 22
    • .
Linked entries
v.  alibbend a-lifian a-lybban.
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