Obs. Also 3 liveneð, -oðe, 4 lyfnoð. [a. ON. lifnað-r (only in the sense ‘conduct of life’) f. root of LIVE v.1] Food, means of living.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 63. Gif us ure livenað.
c. 1220. Bestiary, 275. Ðe mire muneð us mete to tilen, Long liuenoðe.
c. 1230. Hali Meid., 29. Lutel þarf þe carien for þin anes liueneð.
1340. Ayenb., 138. He … ham poruayþ … have lyfnoþ zuetliche and mid guod savour.
