lyven
Middle English
Alternative forms
- leeve, lefe, leve, leven, libbe, libben, lifen, live, liven, lybbe, lyve
- (Early ME) libbæn, libbenn, livie, livien, luvien
Etymology
From Old English libban, lifian, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlivən/
- (mainly Northern) IPA(key): /ˈleːvən/
Verb
lyven (third-person singular simple present lyveth, present participle lyvende, lyvynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle lyved)
- To live (be alive or extant)
- To live (survive, continue living)
- To persist; to continue to exist.
- To reside or dwell; to live (somewhere).
- To live (in a certain way or condition)
- To subsist or live on.
Conjugation
Conjugation of lyven (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) lyven, lyve, libben, libbe | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | lyve | lyved | |
2nd-person singular | lyvest | lyvedest | |
3rd-person singular | lyveth | lyved | |
subjunctive singular | lyve | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | lyven, lyve | lyveden, lyvede | |
imperative plural | lyveth, lyve | — | |
participles | lyvynge, lyvende | lyved, ylyved |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: live
- Scots: leeve
- Yola: live
References
- “liven, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.