eldertongue

Old English · adjective

liflic

Normalised līflīċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈliːf.liːt͡ʃ/
[ˈliːv.liːt͡ʃ]
Syllables
ˈliːf · liːt͡ʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
livelylifelyvitalanimatelivinglife

Meaning

  1. life; living, causing life, vital

  2. having life, animate, lively

    Woruldcara, and welan, and flǣsċlīċe lustas forsmoriað ðǣs mōdes ðrotan, and ne geðafiað gōdne willan infaran tō his heortan, swilċe hī ðone līflīċan blǣd forðrǣstne ācwellon. Twā wiðerrǣde ðing geðēodde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, þæt sind ymhīdiġnyssa and lustas.

    Concern about worldly things, and wealth, and carnal lusts choke the throat of the mind, and do not allow good will into the heart, as if they killed it by crushing the living fruit. The Lord connected two contrary things in this saying, which are cares and lusts.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

All forms (12)

Etymology

From līf + -līċ.

Descendants

lifely, lively

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