Wt/sco/lief

English

Etymology

From Old English , from Template:Wt/sco/Proto, whence Gothic . Cognate with Dutch , German , Russian , Swadish and Norwegian Nynorsk .

Adverb: Compare German , Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA⁽⁾: /liːf/

Adjective

1. Template:Wt/sco/Archaic beloved, dear, agreeable
2. Template:Wt/sco/Archaic willing

Translations

beloved, dear, agreeable

• Russian: любимый (ljubimyj), дорогой (dorogoj)

willing

• Russian: охотный (oxotnyj)

Adverb

1. Template:Wt/sco/Archaic Readily, willingly.
   • 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:

     these great masters of the art, who would far liefer see us little ones practice it, than themselves engage [...].

Translations

Readily, willingly

• Russian: охотно (oxotno)

Quotations

• For uissage exemples o this term, see Citations:lief.

Anagrams

• efil
• file
• life, Life

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lif]

Adjective

lief (comparative liever, superlative Wt/sco/liefst)

1. nice, sweet
2. beloved

Declension

Inflection of Wt/sco/lief
uninflected	Wt/sco/lief
inflected	lieve
comparative	liever
		positive	comparative	superlative
Wt/sco/predicative/Wt/sco/adverbial		Wt/sco/lief	liever	het Wt/sco/Wt/sco/liefst het Wt/sco/Wt/sco/liefste
Wt/sco/indefinite	m./f. sing.	lieve	lievere	Wt/sco/liefste
	n. sing.	Wt/sco/lief	liever	Wt/sco/liefste
	Wt/sco/plural	lieve	lievere	Wt/sco/liefste
Wt/sco/definite		lieve	lievere	Wt/sco/liefste
Wt/sco/partitive		Wt/sco/liefs	lievers	—

Noun

lief ? (plural liefje, diminutive [please provide])

1. one's beloved in a romantic relationship, i.e. a boyfriend or girlfriend

See also

• liever

Anagrams

• file

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [liːf]

Verb

lief

1. Past of laufen ‘to walk’

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Scots

Alternative forms

• (contracted)

Etymology

From Old English , from Template:Wt/sco/Proto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lif]

Adjective

Wt/sco/lief (comparative liefer, superlative liefest)

1. dear, beloved