English

Proper noun

Liv

1. A diminutive of the female given names Olive and Olivia.
   • 2012, Jonathan Dennis, The good die and the bad live on (page 209)

     I had my essay on a memory stick so it just needed to be printed out in the Arts Fac; I'd intended to re-read it for sense but meeting Liv seemed more important.

Noun

Liv ‎(plural Livs)

1. A member of the Livonian people.
   • 1995, Andrejs Plakans, The Latvians: A Short History (page 16)

     We must assume that possession of the lands occupied by the Livs was simply asserted, just as designating the entire littoral as Livonia was asserted before the territory was fully conquered.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hlíf ‎(“protection”), today associated with the vocabulary word liv ‎(“life”).

Proper noun

Liv

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Liva

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse hlíf ‎(“protection”), today associated with the vocabulary word liv ‎(“life”). In Norse mythology Lif is the woman who will survive Ragnarok.

Proper noun

Liv

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Live

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 24 949 females with the given name Liv living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Danish

Noun

liv n (singular definite livet, plural indefinite liv)

1. life
2. waist, middle
3. bodice

Inflection

Derived terms

• livslede
• livstruende

Lojban

Rafsi

liv

1. rafsi of cliva.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse líf.

Noun

liv n ‎(definite singular livet, indefinite plural liv, definite plural liva or livene)

1. life
2. waist
3. energy, eagerness

Derived terms

References

• “liv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse líf.

Noun

liv n ‎(definite singular livet, indefinite plural liv, definite plural liva, genitive definite singular livsens)

1. life

   Dei har levt mykje av liva sine her.‎

   They have lived much of their lives here.

2. waist
3. energy, eagerness

Derived terms

References

• “liv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːv/
• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

liv n

1. life, lifetime, existence
   • 1916, Edith Södergran, Livet

     Livet är att handskas vårdslöst med sin egen lycka och att stöta bort det enda ögonblicket, ...

     "Life is to deal carelessly with your own happiness and push away the only moment,..."

   • 1933, Selma Lagerlöf, Mårbackablomster:Livet

     Livets gnista flyger från en till en annan. Man tändes, flammar och slocknar. Det är livet.

     "The spark of life flows from one to another. You are set afire, burn and die out. That is life.

   få sig något till livs (preposition till ‎(“to”) controlling genitive)

   get something to eat

2. living being, creature
   • 1910, Ellen Key

     Mödrarna, för vilka de unga liven äro de dyrbaraste, måste använda hela sitt inflytande mot kriget.

     "The mothers for whom the young ones are the most precious must use all of their influence against the war."

   • 1924, Hjalmar Bergman, Chefen Fru Ingeborg

     All världen - dvs. de sju, åtta liven på Sommarro - skulle se att fästmannen inte hade någon bestämmanderätt!

     "All the world, i.e., the seven or eight people at Sommaro, would make sure that the fiance did not get to decide anything."

3. body, physical being
4. waist
   • 1894, Gustaf Fröding, Mordet i Vindfallsängen

     Och sist satt han däst och höll jäntor om liven med ruset i skallen...

     "Finally he sat there bloated and drunk with his arm around the waist of girls..."

   • 1897, Verner von Heidenstam, Karolinerna

     Likväl tordes jag icke spänna huggvärjan från livet, ty jag kunde ej alldeles slå bort alla misstankar på ett försåt.

     "Nevertheless, I dared not unbuckle my rapier from my waist, since I could not entirely erase all suspicion of ambush."

5. bodice
   • 1926, Svenska Turistföreningens årsbok - Dalarna

     Liven äro i regel röda, ibland med en obetydlig randning.

     "The bodices are usually red, sometimes with insignificant stripes."

   • 1897, Verner von Heidenstam, Karolinerna

     Nästan ögonblickligen blev porten öppnad av en storväxt och ståtlig tjänsteflicka med en bred ljus hårfläta på ryggen och en mängd pinglande silversmycken på den svarta hättan och det röda och gröna livet.

     "Almost immediately the door was opened by a large and splendid servant girl with a thick light braid down her back and many tingling silver trinkets on her black bonnet and on the red and green bodice."

6. noise, row, hullabaloo

   För inte ett sånt liv!

   Don't be so noisy!

Declension

Related terms

References

• liv in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)