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.

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c. 1375. Sc. 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.

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1570. Levins, Manip., 69. Y^e Leuenthe, vndecimus.

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1578. in Maitl. Cl. Misc., I. (1840), 8. The levint buik of the Amades de Gaule.

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1611. Shaks., Wint. T., IV. iii. 33. Euery Leauen-weather toddes.

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1883. Jessopp, 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].

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