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lífan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
lífan, léfan, lýfan; p. de
To give leave, allow, permit
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  • Ða feówer ic eów lýfe tó sǽde and tó mete

    quatuor reliquas permitto vobis in sementem et in cibum,

    • Gen. 47, 24
      • .

  • Ic ðé selfes dóm lífe

    I allow you to decide,

    • Cd. 91
      • ;
    • Th. 115, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 1916
      • .

  • Moyses lýfde eów eówer wíf tó forlǽtenne

    Moses permisit vobis dimittere uxores vestras,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 19, 8
      • .

  • God lýfde Adame, ðæt hé móste brúcan ealra wæstma,

    • Wulfst. 9, 6
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 189, 22
      • .

  • Ðá bǽdon hý ðæt hé lýfde him on ða gán. Þá lýfde hé him,

    • Lk. Skt. 8, 32
      • .

  • Ðá se cing lýfde eallon Myrceon hám and hig swá dydon

    then the king gave leave to all the Mercians to go home, and they did so,

    • Chr. 1049
      • ;
    • Erl. 172, 37
      • .

  • Wé hit ne selfe ne lufedon ne eác óðrum monnum ne lífdon [léfdon, Hat. MS ]

    we did not love it ourselves nor allow it to other men,

    • Past. pref
      • ;
    • Swt. 4, 6
      • .

  • Ic bidde ðæt ðú mé lýfe ofer ðín land tó férenne

    obsecro, ut transire mihi liceat per terram tuam,

    • Num. 21, 22
      • .

  • Tó ðam dyrstig, ðæt hé ǽfre lífe ǽnigan men ðis fæsten tó ábrecenne,

    • Wulfst. 174, 60
      • .

  • Gif prióst lǽfe unrihthǽmed,

    • L. Wih. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 38, 9
      • .

  • Gif eów Crist lýfan wylle, dæt ...

    • Exon. 41 a
      • ;
    • Th. 137, 27
      • ;
    • Gú. 565
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. leyfa to permit
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-lífan.
Linked entries
v.  lǽfan léfan líft lýfan be-lífan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lífan.” 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/21607.

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