lyver

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Cornish

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Etymology

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From Middle Cornish lyver, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨβr, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin liber, librum. Compare Breton levr, Welsh llyfr.

Noun

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lyver m (plural lyvrow)

  1. book
    Na wrug avy byscath gwelas lyver Kernowak.
    I never saw a Cornish book.

Danish

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Verb

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lyver

  1. present of lyve

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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lyver

  1. Alternative form of lyvere (liver)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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lyver

  1. Alternative form of lyvere (living being)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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lyver

  1. Alternative form of lyveren

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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lyver

  1. present of lyve