beleave
English
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To leave behind, abandon.
- (obsolete) To be left; to remain.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English belǣfan (endure, leave, let remain, survive) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bilaibijaną prefix from English leave (permission, permit, allow, grant, permission to be absent, furlough, give leave to) inherited from Old English belīfan (remain, stay) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (remain, remain in place, stay).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bilībaną
Gloss
remain, remain in place, stay
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Cognates and derived terms
- forleave English
- interleave English
- leafful English
- leaful English
- leavable English
- leave English
- leavee English
- leaver English
- leavest English
- leaveth English
- leavetime English
- lefull English
- leveful English
- overleave English
- unleave English
- wayleave English
- *leyp- Proto-Indo-European
- *lip- Proto-Indo-European
- *bilaibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *bilibanaz Proto-Germanic
- *bilībaną Proto-Germanic
- belifan Old English
- belæfan Old English
- belīfan Old English
- belǣfan Old English
- beliven Middle English
- leven Middle English
- belīvan Old High German
- bilīban Old High German
- livar Ido
- 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *bilīban gmw-pro
- bilivan Old Dutch
- blivan Old Dutch
- blīvan Old Dutch
- bliven Middle Low German
- blīven Middle Low German
- bilivan Old Saxon
- bilīƀan Old Saxon
- blīva Old Frisian
- liv Tok Pisin
- bliiw North Frisian
- bliwe North Frisian