livelode

English

Etymology

See livelihood.

Noun

livelode (plural livelodes)

1. (obsolete) Course of life; means of support; livelihood.
   • c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ”, in Egerton MS 2711‎^[1], page 50v:

     My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ
     they ſang ſometyme a ſong of the feld mowſe
     that forbicauſe her lyvelood was but thyñ
     Would nedes goo ſeke her townyſſh ſyſters howſe

References

• “livelode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Noun

livelode

1. livelihood