Obs. Also 4–5 lyvir, 6 lyver. [Aphetic f. DELIVER a.]
1. Delivered (of a child); = DELIVER a. 3. rare.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 3746. And be scho lyuir of a lasse scho lengis in oure burȝe.
2. Free from restraint in motion; active, nimble; = DELIVER a. 2.
1530. Palsgr., 317/2. Lyver quyke, deliure.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot. (1858), II. 51. Lycht lyuer men to cirkill thame about.
c. 1650. R. Hood, Beggar & 3 Squires, 46, in Furnivall, Percy Folio, I. 17. Those that saw Robin Hood run, said he was a liver old man.
1664. Flodden F., V. 50. With lusty Lads liver and light.
1686. G. Stuart, Joco-Ser. Disc., 39. Again speaks out a Lyver lad A trusty Trojan.
