bilivan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.

Verb

bilīvan

to remain, to stay, to continue
to remain behind, to stay behind
to dwell
to die

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Middle Dutch: bliven
- Dutch: blijven
  - Afrikaans: bly
  - Javindo: belijf
  - Jersey Dutch: blāive
  - Negerhollands: bliev, blief, bli
- Limburgish: blieve
- Zealandic: bluve

Further reading

“bilīvan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

bilīƀan, bilīvian, bilīƀian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /biˈliːfɑn/, [biˈliːβɑn]

Verb

bilīvan

to stay or remain in place
to continue, remain over

Conjugation

Conjugation of bilīvan (strong class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	bilīvan
1st person singular	bilīvu	bilēf
2nd person singular	bilīvis	bilivi
3rd person singular	bilīvid	bilēf
plural	bilīvad	bilivun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	bilīve	bilivi
2nd person singular	bilīves	bilivis
3rd person singular	bilīve	bilivi
plural	bilīven	bilivin
imperative	present
singular	bilīf
plural	bilīvad
participle	present	past
	bilīvandi	bilivan

Descendants

Middle Low German: blîven
- Low German: blieven
  - Plautdietsch: bliewen
- → Faroese: blíva
- → Icelandic: blífa
- → Norwegian: blive, bli
- → Swedish: bliva, bli
- → Danish: blive

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