Middle English Dictionary Entry
lẹ̄ven v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | lẹ̄ven v.(3) Also lieven, leive, lefe. P.ppl. i)lēved & (early) ilẹ̄vet, ileaved, ilīfed. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. A, K lēfan, WS līefan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To grant (sth. to sb.), grant (sth.); (b) to give permission; authorize (sb. or sth.), allow; (c) to allow (sb. to do sth.), empower; grant (that sth. be done or be the case); grant (sb. that he do sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1053 : Eouer axe ich eou leue.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1634 : Te endelese lif þet godd haueð ileuet [Tit: Einenkel: ileaued] his icorene.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2147 : Þe is ileuet [Tit: ileued] todei..þet heouenliche kinedom.
- c1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)20/179 : Ihesu crist..wule hefter þis lif..leue wið him seolf þe sy ant þe selhðe of heouenriches wunnen.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)1b/b : Accommodo: to leue.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)102/34 : Ðe deofel mæȝ felæ þingæ dwymorlice hywiæn before monnæ eaȝum, þonne him ilyfed bið.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3079 : Gu wapmen giue Ic leue to gon, Of erf, and wimmen leue ic nogt.
- a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm.(Wor F.10)28/195 : Seynt Poul..seit þat it was A leche oþ þe lasours lawfulliche y-leuyd, A mayster of maydenhede to mercy y-meuyd.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8048 : Þes wordes ho warpit as hir wo leuit.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)71 : Þe kirk seiþ þat is leful, wen þei leefe it..and approuiþ it.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)73a : To leyve [Monson: Lefe]: licenciare.
c
- c1200 Wor.Serm.in EGSt.7 (Wor Q.29)141 : God leue þet ȝe moten sva his ville to done þet he habben ovuer saule on domes dei.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10251 : Godd..lefe uss swa..to follȝhenn Þe lare off Sannt Johaness spell.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)59 : Ure louerd..leue us swo ure synnen to beten..þat we mo ben on his riht hond.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)770 : Ȝef me is ileuet [Tit: leued]..for to leggen ham adun, þet tu þin misbileaue lete.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1878 : Lef me for to libben swa þet ich ne leose nawt him.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)16/17 : Lef me ȝet i-seon..þe awariede wiht.
- c1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)24/205 : Þu lef me þet ich mote þe treowliche luuien.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)47/7 : Vre lauerd..ne leue ow neauer stinken þet fule put.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)221/10 : As ure lauerd leue..þet hit swa mote, amen.
- a1250 Lofsong Louerde (Nero A.14)213 : Leue me ðet ich mote soðliche seggen..'Mi leofmonnes luft erm halt up min heaued.'
- a1300 11 Pains(1) (Jes-O 29)277 : Crist..Leue [vr. Let] vs suche werkes wurche..Hwar-þurh we beon iborewe.
- a1300 PMor.(McC 123)116 : Iesu Crist leue [vr. ȝieue] þat ure ende beo god.
- a1300 PMor.(McC 123)282 : Of alle ure sunne leue [vrr. ȝieue, unne, lete] us come to bote.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)334 : Ihesu crist..leue sho mo him y-se Heye hangen on galwe tre.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2532 : God leue hem in his blisse spilen Among engeles & seli men.
- a1350 Heȝe louerd (Hrl 2253)68 : Lord, þat hast me lyf to lene, such lotes lef me leten.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)6 : So be at our bigining & help ous at our nede, & leue ous wele to spede.
- c1390 Cato(1) (Vrn)2 : Almihti god in Trinite, leeue us wel to spede.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3069 : God lieve it [the law] mote wel ben holde As every king therto is holde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1644 : God..leue thise somnours goode men bycome.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)5.254 : Criede..to crist..To haue grace to seke treuþe; god leue [vr. graunte; C: leyue] þat hy moten.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)prol.126 : Crist..leue þe lede þi londe so leute þe louye.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)427 : God..Off þe gylt and þay be clene, Leue it moot on hem be sene Þat garte hem þere to dwelle.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)811 : Iesu..Leue neuere traytour haue betere endyng.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)1657 : God leve the falle swilk honour.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)71 : Þei mai not be departid..not but in swilk degre os God leeuiþ not to bide to gidre..þe decre leeuiþ not a man to wed an oþer..wil þey two lyuen.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)3556 : Yif me som of thy clothynge..And leue that I may with the lenge.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)368 : Lorde God..Leue y were so worthy a knyght That y myght be hur fere.