livelihood
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[edit] English
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- lyuelode (12th - 17th centuries)
[edit] Etymology
From Old English līf (“‘life’”) + lād (“‘course, journey’”), later altered under the influence of lively, -hood.
[edit] Noun
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livelihood (plural livelihoods)
- (obsolete) The length of someone's life; a person's lifetime.
- (obsolete) Someone's manner of living; conduct, behaviour.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.3:
- his name is sir Ector, & he is a lord of fair lyuelode in many partyes in Englond & Walys [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.3:
- A person's means of supporting himself.
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[edit] Translations
means of supporting oneself
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