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==Old English==
==Old English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ang|lifian||Anglian}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}
From {{proto|Germanic|libjanan|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|leip-|leave, cling, linger|lang=ang}}. Cognate with Old Saxon ''[[libbian]]'' (Saxon/Low German {{term|lęven||to live|lang=nds}}), Dutch ''[[leven]]'', Old High German ''[[lebēn]]'' (German ''[[leben]]''), Old Norse ''[[lifa]]'' (Swedish ''[[leva]]''), Gothic '''[[𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽]]'''.
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*libbjan}}, from {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*libjaną}}.

Cognate with {{cog|ofs|leva}}, {{cog|osx|libbian}}, {{cog|goh|lebēn}}, {{cog|non|lifa}}, {{cog|got|𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈlibːɑn/|lang=ang}}
* {{ang-IPA|libban}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{ang-verb|type=weak|class=3}}
{{ang-verb}}


# to [[live]]
# to [[live]]
#* '''late 10th century''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], ''[[w:Old English Hexateuch|the Old English Hexateuch]]'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=QrZUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA99 Genesis 45:3]
#*: {{quote|ang|And hē cwæþ tō his ġebrōðrum, "Iċ eom Iosep! '''Leofaþ''' ūre fæder nū ġīet?" Þā ne meahton his ġebrōðru him for eġe ġeandwyrdan.|And he said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is our father still '''alive'''?" But, out of fear, his brothers could not answer him.}}


====Conjugation====
====Conjugation====
{{ang-conj|libban<w3>}}
{{ang-conj|type=weak|3|libbe|leofast, lifast|leofaþ, lifaþ|libbaþ, leofaþ|libbe|libben|lifde, leofode|lifdest|lifde, leofode|lifdon, leofodon|lifde, leofode|lifden, leofoden|leofa|libbaþ, leofaþ|libbende, lifiende|lifd, (ġe)leofod}}


====Descendants====
====Derived terms====
* {{l|ang|ġelibban}}
* English: [[live]]
* {{l|ang|mislibban}}
* {{l|ang|oferlibban}}


====Descendants====
[[lt:libban]]
* {{desctree|enm|lyven}}

Latest revision as of 18:43, 12 April 2024

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

Cognate with Old Frisian leva, Old Saxon libbian, Old High German lebēn, Old Norse lifa, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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libban

  1. to live
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 45:3
      And hē cwæþ tō his ġebrōðrum, "Iċ eom Iosep! Leofaþ ūre fæder nū ġīet?" Þā ne meahton his ġebrōðru him for eġe ġeandwyrdan.
      And he said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?" But, out of fear, his brothers could not answer him.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of libban (weak class 3)
infinitive libban libbenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular libbe lifde
second person singular leofast lifdest
third person singular leofaþ lifde
plural libbaþ lifdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular libbe lifde
plural libben lifden
imperative
singular leofa
plural libbaþ
participle present past
libbende (ġe)lifd

Derived terms

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Descendants

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