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Old English · verb

libban

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 3
IPA
/ˈlib.bɑn/
Syllables
ˈlib · bɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
live

Meaning

  1. to live

    late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 45:3

    And he said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?" But, out of fear, his brothers could not answer him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of libban
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular libbelifde
2nd singular leofastlifdest
3rd singular leofaþlifde
Plural libbaþlifdon
Subjunctive
Singular libbelifde
Plural libbenlifden
Non-finite forms of libban
Form
Infinitive libban
Inflected infinitive libbenne
Imperative singular leofa
Imperative plural libbaþ
Present participle libbende
Past participle lifdġelifd

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną. Cognate with Old Frisian leva, Old Saxon libbian, Old High German lebēn, Old Norse lifa, Gothic (liban).

Descendants

live

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