lyver

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish lyver, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨβr, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin liber, librum. Compare Breton levr, Welsh llyfr.

Noun

lyver m (plural lyvrow)

  1. book
    Na wrug avy byscath gwelas lyver Kernowak.
    I never saw a Cornish book.

Danish

Verb

lyver

  1. present of lyve

Middle English

Noun

lyver

  1. Alternative form of lyvere (“liver”)

Noun

lyver

  1. Alternative form of lyvere (“living being”)

Verb

lyver

  1. Alternative form of lyveren

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lyver

  1. present of lyve
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