lyve
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish liughæ, lyffuæ, liffuæ, from Old Norse ljúga, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell a lie”). Cognate with Swedish ljuga, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (liugan), German lügen, Dutch liegen, and English lie.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lyve (imperative lyv, infinitive at lyve, present tense lyver, past tense løj, perfect tense har løjet)
Conjugation edit
Inflection of lyve
Descendants edit
- Norwegian Bokmål: lyve
Further reading edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
lyve
- dative singular of lyf
- c. 1380s, [Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, editor], The Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye [...] [Troilus and Criseyde], [Westminster]: Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], book V, [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio cciii, recto:
- For I haue herde oꝛ thys of many a wight / Hath loued thynge he neuer ſawe his lyue
- As I've heard this before from many people / with loved ones they'd never seen in their life
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
lyve
- Alternative form of lyven
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Danish lyve, from Old Norse ljúga, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell a lie”). Cognate with Swedish ljuga, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (liugan), German lügen, Dutch liegen, and English lie.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lyve (imperative lyv, present tense lyver, passive lyves, simple past løy, past participle løyet, present participle lyvende)
- (intransitive) lie (to give false information intentionally)
- 1867, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, Gyldendal (1898–1902), volume 3, page 267,
- Peer, du lyver!
- Peer, you're lying!
- 1867, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, Gyldendal (1898–1902), volume 3, page 267,
- (intransitive) lie (to convey a false image or impression)
- Bildet lyver
- The picture lies
Related terms edit
References edit
- “lyve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.