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† ˈbylive, ˈbylif(e Obs.
Also 1 biᵹ-, bic-, bileofa, bilifen, 1–3 biliue, 3 bileue, -leoue, -lif, 4 bylyf, -lyue.
[OE. biᵹleofa, f. biᵹ, bí, by + lif life, -leofa living.]
That which one lives by; living, sustenance.
c1000ælfric Gen. vi. 21 Of eallum mettum..þæt hiᵹ beon æᵹþer ᵹe ðe ᵹe him to biᵹleofan. c1000O.E. Gloss. in Wr.Wülcker 492 Pulmentum, bilifen. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 99 He let hem reine manne to bi-liue. a1225Ancr. R. 168 Kinges & kaiseres habbeð hore bileoue of oure large relef. c1275Prov. Alfred 96 in O.E. Misc. 109 His medis to mowen, his plouis to drivin to ure alre bilif. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xix. 230 With sellyng and buggynge her bylyf to wynne. 1393Ibid. ii. 18 He het þe elementes..brynge forth ȝoure bylyue. |