Liv
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English[edit]
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Liv
- A diminutive of the female given names Olive and Olivia.
- 2012, Jonathan Dennis, The good die and the bad live on (page 209)
- I had my essay on a memory stick so it just needed to be printed out in the Arts Fac; I'd intended to re-read it for sense but meeting Liv seemed more important.
- 2012, Jonathan Dennis, The good die and the bad live on (page 209)
Noun[edit]
Liv (plural Livs)
- A member of the Livonian people.
- 1995, Andrejs Plakans, The Latvians: A Short History (page 16)
- We must assume that possession of the lands occupied by the Livs was simply asserted, just as designating the entire littoral as Livonia was asserted before the territory was fully conquered.
- 1995, Andrejs Plakans, The Latvians: A Short History (page 16)
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hlíf (“protection”), today associated with the vocabulary word liv (“life”).
Proper noun[edit]
Liv
- A female given name.
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Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hlíf (“protection”), today associated with the vocabulary word liv (“life”). In Norse mythology Lif is the woman who will survive Ragnarok.
Proper noun[edit]
Liv
- A female given name.
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