Lied vs Lief - What's the difference?

lied | lief |

As nouns the difference between lied and lief

is that lied is song while lief is body.

(wikipedia lied) (lieder)

(music) An art song, sung in German and accompanied on the piano

From (etyl) .

(head)

(lie)

* * * English heteronyms ----

(archaic) beloved, dear, agreeable

(archaic) willing

(archaic, except UK dialectal) Readily, willingly.

* 1869 , RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone , II:

these great masters of the art, who would far liefer see us little ones practice it, than themselves engage [...].

I'd as lief have one as t'other.

* (English Citations of "lief")

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