lyver

Cornish

Etymology

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

Noun

lyver m (plural lyvrow)

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

Danish

Verb

lyver

  1. present of lyve

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lyver

  1. alternative form of lyvere (“liver”)

Etymology 2

Noun

lyver

  1. alternative form of lyvere (“living being”)

Etymology 3

Verb

lyver

  1. alternative form of lyveren

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lyver

  1. present of lyve
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