Lief

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Low German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German lîf, from Old Saxon līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb. Cognate with Dutch lijf (body), English life, German Leib (body), Swedish liv (waist, life).

Noun

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Lief n (pl Liever)

  1. body
    1. (in particular) the stomach, the belly; the abdomen, the trunk
      in'n Lievin the guts
      dat in't Lief hebbento have a stomach-ache
  2. (rare) life

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