lieve

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

willingly; I had as leef not go. S.

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Lieve
·adj ·same·as <<Lief>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
lieve
(Sax. leof, past part. of luftan to love.) Willingly; gladly.--Johnson. This word was formerly in go...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.