BLÍFA

BLÍFA
[Germ. bleiben; akin to leifa, q. v.], to remain; this word was taken from Luther’s Bible into Icel., and is used by theol. writers; pret. sing. is never used, but pret. pl. blifu. Pass. 50. 4.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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  • bleiben — Vst. std. (8. Jh.), mhd. b(e)līben, ahd. (bi)līban, as. (bi)līban Stammwort. Aus g. * bi leib a Vst. bleiben , auch in anord. blífa (entlehnt, nur in späten christlichen Texten bezeugt), ae. belīfan, afr. b(i)līva, belīva (gt. nur eine… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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