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LIBBAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §42; §48; §96; §102; §171; §292; §293; §538;
To LIVE
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  • For ðam ic lybbe and gé lybbaþ

    quia ego vivo et vos vivetis,

    • Jn. Skt. 14, 19
      • .

  • Ne lybbe ic, ac Crist leofaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 165, 23
      • .

  • Wé lybbaþ mislíce on twelf mónþum; nú sceole wé lybban Gode, wé ðe óðrum tíman ús sylfum leofodon,

    • Homl. Th. i. 180, 17
      • .

  • Godes þeówas ðe be gódra manna ælmessan libbaþ

    God's servants who live by the alms of good men,

    • Wulfst. 120, 4
      • .

  • Hié be úrum lárum libbaþ

    they live according to our instructions,

    • Blickl. Homl. 75, 15
      • .

  • Eal his líf hé lifde búton synnum,

    • 33, 16.

  • Hé on wynsumnesse lifde,

    • 113, 7
      • :
    • Bd. 3, 27
      • ;
    • S. 559, 27
      • .

  • Hé on ællþeódignesse lifde

    exulabat,

    • S. 559, 30
      • .

  • Hé hér on eorþan engelíce lífe lifde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 167, 33: 213, 11
      • .

  • Se þeódcyning þeáwum lyfde

    the king lived virtuously,

    • Beo. Th. 4295
      • ;
    • B. 2144
      • .

  • Wynnum lifde

    lived joyously,

    • Exon. 111 b
      • ;
    • Th. 428, 13
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 107
      • .

  • Wé ealne ðysne geár lifdon mid úres líchoman willan

    we have lived all this year as it was pleasing to our body,

    • Blickl. Homl. 35, 27
      • .

  • Æfter ðon ðe hí lǽrdon hí sylfe þurh eall lifdon

    secundum ea quæ docebant ipsi per omnia vivendo,

    • Bd. 1, 26
      • ;
    • S. 487, 37
      • .

  • Hí ðágyt on hǽðennysse gedwolum lifdan

    paganis adhuc erroribus essent implicati,

    • 2, 1
      • ;
    • S. 501, 13
      • .

  • Ðá námon hí him wintersetl on Temesan and lifdon [lifedon, MS. E.] him of Eást Seaxum

    they took up their winter quarters on the Thames and got their provisions out of Essex,

    • Chr. l009
      • ;
    • Erl. 143, 4 note
      • .

  • Swá ða drihtguman dreámum lifdon,

    • Beo. Th. 199
      • ;
    • B. 99.

  • Swá swá diácon ðe regollíf libbe,

    • L. Eth. ix. 21
      • ;
    • Th. í. 344, 21
      • .

  • Swínes scearn ðæs ðe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe,

    • L. M. 1, 20
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 62, 28
      • .

  • Ne hié selfe ðý beteran ne taligen ðe ða óðre ðeáh ða óðre be him libben

    ne se meliores æstiment, quia contineri per se ceteros vident,

    • Past. 44, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 319, 19
      • .

  • Ða niétenu onlútaþ tó ðære eorþan forðon hié sculon be ðære libban,

    • 21, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 154, 17
      • .

  • Laboratores

    syndon weorcmen, ðe tilian sceolon ðæs ðe eal þeódscipe big sceal lybban,

    • Wulfst. 267, 15
      • .

  • Uton libban ðam lífe ðe scrift ús wísige,

    • 112, 18
      • :
    • 150, 13
      • .

  • Lífe swilcum libban

    vitam talem vivere,

    • Hymn. Surt. 90, 13
      • .

  • Hé sǽde ðæt hé wolde óðer oððe ðǽr libban oððe ðǽr lecgan

    he said that he would either live [conquer] there or die there,

    • Chr. 901
      • ;
    • Erl. 96, 33
      • :
    • Ors. 3, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 158, 32
      • .

  • Hé hié ealle geniédde ðæt hié áþas swóran, ðæt hié ealle ætgædere wolden oððe on heora earde licggean, oððe on heora earde libban,

    • 4, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 190, 27
      • .

  • Hé cwæþ 'Ðú eart ðæs lifigendan Godes sunu.' Se is lybbende God ðe hæfþ líf þurh hine sylfne,

    • Homl. Th. i. 366, 33
      • .

  • Eall ðæt ic hæbbe on libbandan and on licgendan

    all the live and dead stock that I have,

    • Chart. Th. 548, 12
      • .

  • Nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorþ ne libbende ne licgende,

    • L. C. S. 24
      • ;
    • Th. i. 390, 3
      • .

  • Hý hit be ðán libbendan habban

    let them have it during their lifetime,

    • Chart. Th. 491, 25
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. liban
:
O. Sax. libbian
:
O. Frs. libba
:
Icel. lifa
:
O. H. Ger. lebén.
]
Similar entries
v. lifian.
Linked entries
v.  lifian be-libban.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “LIBBAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21547.

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