liven

verb

Etymology: From Middle English liven, equivalent to live + -en.

1. plural simple present of live

   “We liven in fear, but we wot not whither to flee for to be better than we arn here.”

   “What shoulden shepheards other things tend, Then, sith their God his good does them send, Reapen the fruite thereof, that is pleasure, The while they here liven, at ease and leasure?”