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1. līf-dai n.

52 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Sg. & pl.: a person's lifetime, span of life; life; (b) al mi (his, etc.) lifdaies, throughout my (his, etc.) life; bi (in) lifdai(es, his lif-dai, mi (his) lifdaies, during (someone's) life. …

2. līf-lōd(e n.

105 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Food and drink; a ration of food; also, in pl.: crops; fig. food for the soul; winnen lif-lod, to gain a living; swinken lif-lod, toil for a living; (b) the necessities of life; food, clothing……

3. lī̆f-fæst adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Quickened, living; also, life-giving. …

4. lī̆f-fæsten v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To quicken (the body), vivify, animate. …

5. līves adj.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Alive, living; lives or dethes, alive or dead [see also deth n. 1b.]; (b) lively, happy; (c) as noun: the living ones. …

6. līf n.

595 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Animate existence, vitality, life; also, the vegetable and animal life effected in a human being by the natural or vital spirit [cp. ld.]; also personified; lif and deth, the entire fate (of sb.)……

7. liven v.(1)

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(a) To be alive, continue to live, survive; also, be alive spiritually; (b) liven longe, to live for a long time; liven leng (lengere, longere), live longer, live longer than someone else; liven litel……

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