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lifen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
lifen, leofen, e; f.
That by which one lives, support, sustenance
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  • Libn

    vicatum [ = victum ],

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 51
    • ;
    • Ep. Gl. 28 b, 17
    • .
  • Lífes tó leofne

    for the support of life,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2247
    • ;
    • An. 1125
    • .
Etymology
[Cf.
Goth. libains life.
]
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v. and-lifen.
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v.  leofen libn.
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