laave

Middle English

Verb

laave

  1. alternative form of laven

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English læfe, from Old English lǣfan, from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laːv/, /lɛː/

Verb

laave (past participle ee-left)

  1. to leave

Noun

laave

  1. leave
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:
      Zoo wough kisth, an wough parthet; earch man took his laave;
      So we kissed and we parted, each man took his leave;

Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 51
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