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lifna

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *lifnaną, *lifnōną. Cognates include Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*lifnan).

Verb

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lifna

  1. to be left
  2. to come to life
  3. to revive

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: lifna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: livna, livne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: livne
  • Old Swedish: limna, lifna
    • Swedish: lemna (original spelling, now superseded), lämna
  • Old Danish: leffnæ

References

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  • lifna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press