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▪ I. leven
(in 4 Sc. lewine, lewyne, 6–7 leaven), clipped f. eleven and eleventh. leventh (in 4 Sc. lewint. 6 Sc. levint), clipped f. eleventh.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vi. (Thomas) 429 Þe lewine is: þat cheryte To frend & fa euire haf we. Ibid. vii. (Jacobus Minor) 477 And þare-for he llewyne Iowis of his consent tuk with hym. Ibid. xxxii. (Justin) 30 Als þare-[of] is mad mencione in þe lewint distinccion. 1570Levins Manip. 69 Y⊇ Leuenthe, vndecimus. 1578in Maitl. Cl. Misc. I. (1840) 8 The levint buik of the Amades de Gaule. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. iv. iii. 33 Euery Leauen-weather toddes. 1883Jessop in 19th Cent. Oct. 591 In Arcady we have an institution called 'levens, when the labourers knock off work for awhile..and make pretence of enjoying a social meal [see elevens].
▪ II. leven
var. levin n. and v.; obs. f. leaven. |