"leofian" meaning in All languages combined

See leofian on Wiktionary

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈle͜oː.fi.ɑn/, [ˈle͜oː.vi.ɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *leubēn, a variant of *leubōn. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*leubōn|*leubēn}} Proto-West Germanic *leubēn Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=lēofian}} lēofian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|lēofian<w2>}} Forms: lēofian [canonical], weak [table-tags], lēofian [infinitive], lēofienne [infinitive], lēofiġe [first-person, present, singular], lēofode [first-person, past, singular], lēofast [present, second-person, singular], lēofodest [past, second-person, singular], lēofaþ [present, singular, third-person], lēofode [past, singular, third-person], lēofiaþ [plural, present], lēofodon [past, plural], lēofiġe [present, singular], lēofode [past, singular], lēofiġen [plural, present], lēofoden [past, plural], lēofa [imperative, past, present, singular], lēofiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], lēofiende [imperative, present], lēofod [imperative, past], ġelēofod [imperative, past]
  1. to be dear, be pleasant
    Sense id: en-leofian-ang-verb-lFu6bOf6 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25
  2. to delight, please
    Sense id: en-leofian-ang-verb-AUlYrkbn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lēof, lofian, lufian
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "leven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: leven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: leven"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*leubōn",
        "4": "*leubēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *leubēn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *leubēn, a variant of *leubōn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lēofian",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelēofod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "lēofian"
      },
      "expansion": "lēofian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lēofian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lēof"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lofian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lufian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be dear, be pleasant"
      ],
      "id": "en-leofian-ang-verb-lFu6bOf6",
      "links": [
        [
          "dear",
          "dear"
        ],
        [
          "pleasant",
          "pleasant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to delight, please"
      ],
      "id": "en-leofian-ang-verb-AUlYrkbn",
      "links": [
        [
          "delight",
          "delight"
        ],
        [
          "please",
          "please"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle͜oː.fi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈle͜oː.vi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leofian"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "leven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: leven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: leven"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*leubōn",
        "4": "*leubēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *leubēn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *leubēn, a variant of *leubōn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lēofian",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lēofod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelēofod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "lēofian"
      },
      "expansion": "lēofian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lēofian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lēof"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofian"
    },
    {
      "word": "lufian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be dear, be pleasant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dear",
          "dear"
        ],
        [
          "pleasant",
          "pleasant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to delight, please"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delight",
          "delight"
        ],
        [
          "please",
          "please"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle͜oː.fi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈle͜oː.vi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leofian"
}

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