Lífan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

lífan

to permit. Add: -- úre Hǽlend lýfde ꝥ mann his lífe gebeorge, Hml. S. 5, 322. Hý lýfdon ðe þǽr ofer wǽron lytlingum heora reliquerunt que superfuerunt paruulis suis, Ps. Rdr. 16, 14.

Related words: á-, ge-, un-lífed ; á-, ge-lífedlic ; ge-lífedlíce ; ge-lífedness; ge-lífen; ge-lífenscipe. lifan