"lifer" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈli.fer/, [ˈli.ver]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *libru. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian livere (West Frisian lever), Old Saxon levara, Dutch lever, Old High German lebara (German Leber), Old Norse lifr (Swedish lever). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*libru}} Proto-West Germanic *libru, {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|ofs|livere}} Old Frisian livere, {{cog|fy|lever}} West Frisian lever, {{cog|osx|levara}} Old Saxon levara, {{cog|nl|lever}} Dutch lever, {{cog|goh|lebara}} Old High German lebara, {{cog|de|Leber}} German Leber, {{cog|non|lifr}} Old Norse lifr, {{cog|sv|lever}} Swedish lever Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} lifer f, {{ang-noun|f}} lifer f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|lifr|nomsg=lifer}}, {{ang-decl-noun|lifer|lifra,lifre|lifre|lifra,lifre|lifre|lifra|lifre|lifrum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], lifer [nominative, singular], lifra [nominative, plural], lifre [nominative, plural], lifre [accusative, singular], lifra [accusative, plural], lifre [accusative, plural], lifre [genitive, singular], lifra [genitive, plural], lifre [dative, singular], lifrum [dative, plural]
  1. liver (interior organ) Tags: feminine Derived forms: liferādl (english: liver disease), lifersēoc (english: having a liver disease), liferlæppa (english: lobe of the liver)
    Sense id: en-lifer-ang-noun-buThhBWE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈli.fer/, [ˈli.ver]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laver (“water-plant”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ang|la|laver|t=water-plant}} Latin laver (“water-plant”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=lifer|head2=|sort=}} lifer f, {{ang-noun|f|head=lifer}} lifer f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|lifr|nomsg=lifer}}, {{ang-decl-noun|lifer|lifra,lifre|lifre|lifra,lifre|lifre|lifra|lifre|lifrum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], lifer [nominative, singular], lifra [nominative, plural], lifre [nominative, plural], lifre [accusative, singular], lifra [accusative, plural], lifre [accusative, plural], lifre [genitive, singular], lifra [genitive, plural], lifre [dative, singular], lifrum [dative, plural]
  1. Alternative form of læfer (“reed, rush”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine Alternative form of: læfer (extra: reed, rush) Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-lifer-ang-noun-rTqCTj7E Disambiguation of Anatomy: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin laver (“water-plant”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "lifer",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lifer f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "head": "lifer"
      },
      "expansion": "lifer f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lifr",
        "nomsg": "lifer"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lifer",
        "2": "lifra,lifre",
        "3": "lifre",
        "4": "lifra,lifre",
        "5": "lifre",
        "6": "lifra",
        "7": "lifre",
        "8": "lifrum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "reed, rush",
          "word": "læfer"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of læfer (“reed, rush”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "læfer",
          "læfer#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.fer/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈli.ver]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lifer"
}

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