lyver

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Cornish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Cornish lyver, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨβr, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin liber, librum. Compare Breton levr, Welsh llyfr.

Noun[edit]

lyver m (plural lyvrow)

  1. book
    Na wrug avy byscath gwelas lyver Kernowak.
    I never saw a Cornish book.

Danish[edit]

Verb[edit]

lyver

  1. present of lyve

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

lyver

  1. Alternative form of lyvere (liver)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

lyver

  1. Alternative form of lyvere (living being)

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

lyver

  1. Alternative form of lyveren

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

lyver

  1. present of lyve