Vocabulary     

What does LIEF mean?

Definitions for LIEF
liflief

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word LIEF.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. gladly, lief, fainadverb

    in a willing manner

    "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it"

Wiktionary

  1. liefadverb

    Readily, willingly.

  2. liefadjective

    beloved, dear, agreeable

  3. liefadjective

    willing

  4. Etymology: From leof, from leubaz, whence Gothic 033B03390346033F0343. Cognate with lief, lieb, любовь, and Norwegian Nynorsk ljuv.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Liefadjective

    Dear; beloved.

    Etymology: leof , Saxon; lief, Dutch.

    My liefest lord, she thus beguiled had,
    For he was flesh; all flesh doth frailty breed. Fa. Qu.

    You, with the rest,
    Causeless have laid disgraces on my head;
    And with your best endeavour have stirr’d up
    My liefest liege to be mine enemy. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

  2. Liefadverb

    Willingly.

    If I could speak so wisely under an arrest, I would send for certain of my creditors; and yet to say the truth, I had as lief have the foppery of freedom, as the morality of imprisonment. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

ChatGPT

  1. lief

    Lief is an adverb that is often used in the phrase "I had as lief" and it essentially means "willingly" or "gladly." It stems from Old English and is now considered archaic and is rarely used in modern English.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Liefnoun

    same as Lif

  2. Liefnoun

    dear; beloved

  3. Liefnoun

    pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable

  4. Liefadverb

    willing; disposed

  5. Liefnoun

    a dear one; a sweetheart

  6. Liefadverb

    gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not

  7. Etymology: [OE. leef, lef, leof, AS. lef; akin to OS. liof, OFries. liaf, D. lief, G. lieb, OHG. liob, Icel. ljfr, Sw. ljuf, Goth. liubs, and E. love. 124. See Love, and cf. Believe, Leave, n., Furlough, Libidinous.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lief

    lēf, adj. (arch.) loved, dear.—adv. willingly—now chiefly used in the phrases, 'I had as lief,' 'to have liefer.' [A.S. leóf; Ger. lieb, loved.]

Suggested Resources

  1. LIEF

    What does LIEF stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LIEF acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LIEF

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lief is ranked #60636 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Lief surname appeared 332 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lief.

    95.1% or 316 total occurrences were White.
    2.4% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for LIEF »

  1. file

  2. life

  3. Life

  4. leif

  5. feil

How to pronounce LIEF?

How to say LIEF in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of LIEF in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of LIEF in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Popularity rank by frequency of use

LIEF#10000#84979#100000

References

Translations for LIEF

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for LIEF »

Translation

Find a translation for the LIEF definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:

Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"LIEF." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/LIEF>.

Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

Discuss these LIEF definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for LIEF? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
    A usurious
    B valetudinarian
    C irascible
    D tantamount

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for LIEF: