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11.1.5 l-b ( Listen fl-b, 6.2.4.1)

Germ.lebenlife (see above)
Germ.liebento love
Lat.libidostrong desire, lust
Lat.liba, libitacaprice
Lat.libet, lubetit pleases
Lat.lubricitamobility of mind
Lat.lubricusslippery
Russianlubit'to love
Span.liebrahare, Gr. lagósð11.3.
Franç.librefree, cf. eleûtherosð11.5.
Ital.librascales (for weighing), whence, secondarily, libra "a measure of weight" and coins, cf. Span. peso
Ital.librarsi sull'alito flutter (Kestrel, 234)
Lat.liberbark, cork
Alb.labëbark
Lith.luobasid.
Russianlubid.
Germ.laubleaf
Sbc.lebdjetito flutter (Kestrel, 234)
CzechlibuSeTree Pipit, 307 (cf. leptuSka, above)
Lettishliblababutterfly
Germ.libelle(latinized in Libellula, sc. name) dragon-fly: insect with a capricious flight (not from Lat. libelle "because of its horizontal, volplaning flight"!)
Franç.libellulecalque of the sc. name Libellula, see preceding
Franç.lubiewhim
Ital.lubricovain, uncertain
Mod.Greeklabraflame
Span.labralip ð11.1.1.
Lat.labiumid.
Lat.labovacillate; labes fall
Lat.labilisslippery, fragile
Bretonlabanfeeble-minded
Bretonlabourwork, labour: activity
Basquelabanduto slide
Span.eslabarid.
Span.resbalar(metath.) to slide

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