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1. fōr(e-līf n.

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Former life, previous life. …

2. līfhōd n.

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Livelihood, sustenance. …

3. līf-dai n.

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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. …

4. līfish adj.

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Of men and other creatures: living, alive. …

5. līf-tīme n.

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Life, the period of (someone's) life, lifetime; in lif-time, during (someone's) life; al lif-time; ben shriven of al lif-time, to make a general confession. …

6. līfful adj.

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Of faith and doctrine: life-giving, bringing eternal life. …

7. līvī adj.

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(a) Living, live; (b) livi deth, living death; -- oxymoron; (c) phys. necessary to life; livi vertues, the physiological forces needed to maintain life. …

8. līven v.(2)

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To give life to (the body), vivify. …

9. līf-hǒnī n.

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?Fresh honey in a liquid state. …

10. līf-whīl n.

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A lifetime. …

11. līf-hōlīnesse n.

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Righteousness, piety. …

12. līf-lẹ̄vī adj.

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Affectionate throughout life. …

13. līf-lat n.

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?Lath made from heartwood [cp. hart-lat n. & herte n. 1d. (c)]. …

14. lī̆f-fæst adj.

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Quickened, living; also, life-giving. …

15. lī̆f-fæsten v.

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To quicken (the body), vivify, animate. …

16. līf-sīth n.

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A lifetime, the course or duration of a person's life. …

17. līf-lōd(e n.

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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……

18. līf-hōlī adj.

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Righteous; devout, saintly; lif-holi of lif; as noun: the devout, the righteous. …

19. līves adj.

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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. …

20. abelef adv.

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(a) Obliquely, slantwise; (b) ?as adj.: oblique. …

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