Participles
| Present | lēfende |
| Past | (ġe)lēfed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | lēfe |
| 2nd sing. | lēfest; lēfst |
| 3rd sing. | lēfeþ; lēfþ |
| 1st plur. | lēfaþ |
| 2nd plur. | lēfaþ |
| 3rd plur. | lēfaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | lēfde |
| 2nd sing. | lēfdest |
| 3rd sing. | lēfde |
| 1st plur. | lēfdon |
| 2nd plur. | lēfdon |
| 3rd plur. | lēfdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | lēfe |
| 2nd sing. | lēfe |
| 3rd sing. | lēfe |
| 1st plur. | lēfen |
| 2nd plur. | lēfen |
| 3rd plur. | lēfen |
Past
| 1st sing. | lēfde |
| 2nd sing. | lēfde |
| 3rd sing. | lēfde |
| 1st plur. | lēfden |
| 2nd plur. | lēfden |
| 3rd plur. | lēfden |
Verbs conjugated like 'lefan'
lefan,
Verbs similar to 'lefan'
læfan,
lean,
lesan,
liefan,
wefan,
aliefan,
alyfan,
befon,
began,
belefan,
Etymology
Related to lēf, and left, lyft, attested in lyftādl, from Proto-Germanic *luft-, from *lubjaną (“to castrate, lop off”) (compare dialectal English lib, West Frisian lobje, Dutch lubben), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewp-, *(s)lup- (“hanging limply”). More at left. See: English '
lib', Dutch '
lubben'.
Sample Sentences