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lifa.

to live

4 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈlɪːva]
  1. to live

    intransitive · weak
  2. to experience something

    weak
  3. to survive, to endure, to come through

    weak
    Ég lifi.
  4. to burn

    intransitive · weak
    Eldurinn lifir.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Faroese liva, Swedish leva, Danish and Norwegian leve, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).

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