Lief

Lief

See also: lief

Low German

Alternative forms

• Liev

Etymology

From Middle Low German lîf, from Old Saxon līf, from Proto-Germanic *lībą, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-. Cognate with Dutch lijf (“body”), English life, German Leib (“body”), Swedish liv (“waist, life”).

Noun

Lief n (pl Liever)

1. body
   1. (in particular) the stomach, the belly; the abdomen, the trunk

      in'n Liev ― in the guts

      dat in't Lief hebben ― to have a stomach-ache

2. (rare) life

Synonyms

• (belly): Buuk