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Lief

//liːf//

Definitions

adjliefer · liever · liefest · lievest

1
Beloved, dear, agreeable.
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beloved
2
Ready, willing.

advliefer · liever · liefest

1
Readily, willingly, rather.
I'd as lief have one as t'other.

Word Origin

From Middle English lef, leve, leef, from Old English lēof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljo, ljoo, ljoof, West Frisian leaf, Dutch lief,...

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