v. Obs. Forms: 1 ʓelifian, 4 yleue; pa. pple. 1 ʓelifd, 3–4 ilyued, yliued, ylyued, 4 yleued. [OE. ʓelibban, ʓelifian (cf. OHG. gileben): see Y- 3 c and LIVE v.1] To live.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Luke x. 28. Hoc fac et uiues, ðis do þætte ðu ʓelifiʓe.
c. 1000. in Narrat. Angl. (1861), 30. Fulne ende þines lifes þu hæfst ʓelifd.
1297, etc. Yliued, etc. [see LIVE v.1].
1340. Ayenb., 93. Þet is guod lyf and yblyssed þet cristene ssolle yleue. Ibid., 130. Huanne þe man þengþ … ine huet trauail he heþ yleued.
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. XII. 255. A goode fryday … a felon was ysaued That ynlawefulliche hadde ylyued.
