livelong

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. total, complete, whole
2. (obsolete) lasting; durable.

Noun

orpine (Hylotelephium telephium syn. Sedum telephium)

Concepten

hemelsleutel

Synoniemen

live-forever

orpine

whole

entire

outlive

survive

orpin

Sedum telephium

lifetime

arrant

Aaron’s rod

out-and-out

midsummer-men

completely metrizable

total

unrelieved

witch’s moneybags

choate

live forever

frog’s-stomach

eternal

everlasting

integral

lifelong

Vertalingen

αμάραντο

ολόκληρο

πετρόχορτο

bütün

restlos

sämtlich

völlig

Große Fetthenne

völlig <kompletter> <am komplettesten>

ισόβιος

دائم

complète

eterno

tassobarbasso

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: live long

Verwant aan Nederlands: heel den lieven langen dag

Verwant aan Duits: die liebe lange Nacht

In summary

From Middle English live long, leve-long, lefe long (as in Alle the lefe longe daye), equivalent to lief + long. Compare Dutch heel den lieven langen dag (“all the livelong day”), German der liebe lange Tag (“the livelong day”) and German die liebe lange Nacht (“the livelong night”).