lyven

Middle English

Alternative forms

leeve, lefe, leve, leven, libbe, libben, lifen, live, liven, lybbe, lyve
(Early ME) libbæn, libbenn, livie, livien, luvien

Etymology

From Old English libban, lifian, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlivən/
(mainly Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈleːvən/

Verb

lyven (third-person singular simple present lyveth, present participle lyvende, lyvynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle lyved)

To live (be alive or extant)
To live (survive, continue living)
To persist; to continue to exist.
To reside or dwell; to live (somewhere).
To live (in a certain way or condition)
To subsist or live on.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lyven (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) lyven, lyve, libben, libbe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	lyve	lyved
2nd-person singular	lyvest	lyvedest
3rd-person singular	lyveth	lyved
subjunctive singular	lyve	lyved
imperative singular	lyve	—

plural¹	lyven, lyve	lyveden, lyvede
imperative plural	lyveth, lyve	—

participles	lyvynge, lyvende	lyved, ylyved

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: live
Scots: leeve
Yola: live

References

“liven, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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