laave

Middle English

Verb

laave

1. Alternative form of laven

Yola

Alternative forms

• lea, lee

Etymology

From Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan, from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːv/, /liː/
• Homophones: laaye, lee, leigh, leeigh

Verb

laave (past participle ee-left)

1. to leave

Noun

laave

1. leave
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:

     Zoo wough kisth, an wough parthet; earch man took his laave;

     So we kissed and we parted, each man took his leave;

Derived terms

• lee it

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 51