libben

Middle English

Verb

libben

1. Alternative form of lyven

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).

Verb

libben

1. to live

Inflection

Conjugation of libben, levon (weak class 3)

infinitive	libben, levon
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	libbo(n), levo(n)	levda, levoda
2nd person singular	lives(t), levos(t)	levdos, levodos
3rd person singular	livet, levot	levda, levoda
1st person plural	libbon, levon	levdun, levodun
2nd person plural	livet, levot	levdut, levodut
3rd person plural	libbent, levont	levdun, levodun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	libbe, levo	livdi, levodi
2nd person singular	libbes(t), levos(t)	livdis, levodis
3rd person singular	libbe, levo	livdi, levodi
1st person plural	libben, levon	livdin, levodin
2nd person plural	libbet, levot	livdit, levodit
3rd person plural	libben, levon	livdin, levodin
imperative	present
singular	live, levo
plural	livet, levot
participle	present	past
	libbendi, levondi	gileft, gilevot

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: leven
  • Dutch: leven, leeven (obsolete)
    • Afrikaans: leef, lewe
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: lefu
    • Jersey Dutch: lêve
    • Negerhollands: leev, lif, leven
  • Limburgish: laeve

Further reading

• “livon (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

libben n (plural libbens, diminutive libbentsje)

1. life

Further reading

• “libben (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011