Noun: lif
Gender:
Sample Sentences
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þonne iċ eorla līf · eal ġeondþenċe,
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hū hī fǣrlīċe · flet ofġēafon, (when I think of all fighters lives,
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how they suddenly left halls,) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
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the young Edgar, (ring-giver of men,
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departed from life.
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His son then ascended
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to the throne,
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a child not yet grown,
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a king of earls,
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whose name was Edward.) [The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle þǣr sē ġeonga ġewāt on þone eahtoðan dæġ Ēadgār of līfe, beorna bēahġifa. Feng his bearn syþþan tō cynerīċe ċild unwexen, eorla aldor, ðām wæs Ēadweard nama. On the eighth day [of July]]
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.
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