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#* '''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.}}


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Latest revision as of 18:43, 12 April 2024

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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).

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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.

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