liefan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to give leave; grant; allow; consent
- (transitive) to believe; trust; confide in
Etymology
Inherited from *laubijan inherited from Proto-Germanic *laubijaną (allow, praise).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*laubijaną
Gloss
allow, praise
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *lewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *laubijaną Proto-Germanic
- *laubiją Proto-Germanic
- *laubą Proto-Germanic
- *laubō Proto-Germanic
- leafnes Old English
- lēaf Old English
- æppelleaf Old English
- leef Middle English
- leve Middle English
- leyfa Old Norse
- *laub gmw-pro
- *laubijan gmw-pro
- leaf Scots
- lēva Old Frisian
- laafe Yola