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lufian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
lufian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §108; §218; §293; §536;
To love, feel affection for, shew love to
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  • Simon lufast ðú mé ... hé cwæþ tó him ðú wást ðæt ic ðé lufige

    Simon diligis me ... dicit ei tu scis quia amo te,

    • Jn. Skt. 21, 15
      • .

  • Se ðe lufaþ his sáwle forspilþ hig

    qui amat animam suam perdet eam.

    • 12, 25
      • .

  • Lufiaþ mid lácum ða ðe læs águn

    shew their love with gifts to those that have less,

    • Exon. 33 b
      • ;
    • Th. 106, 32
      • ;
    • Gú. 50
      • .

  • Hé ágsode hý, hwá wolde on ðære geférrǽdenne beón ðe hé wǽre, and ðæt lufian ðæt hé lufode,

    • L. Edg. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 162, 6
      • .

  • Hé mé mid syndrige lufan lufode,

    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 619, 33
      • .

  • Hú ús wuldres weard wordum and dǽdum lufode in lífe,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1193
      • ;
    • An. 597
      • ,

  • Ðú mé on ðínum weorcum lufadest

    delectasti me in factura tua,

    • Ps. Th. 91, 3
      • .

  • Hí hine lufedan leáse múðe

    dilexerunt eum in ore suo,

    • 77, 35
      • .

  • Lufgean his néhstan swá hine sylfne,

    • Mk. Skt. 12, 33
      • .

  • Ðæt is tó lufigenne on ðysse wyrte ðæt heó hafaþ gehwǽdne wyrttruman

    it is an excellent property of this plant, that it has a small root,

    • Herb. 140, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 260, 5
      • .

  • Ðes lufigenda wer

    hic amans vir;

    ðis lufigende wíf

    hæc amans fæmina,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Som. 3, 49
      • .

  • Hé wæs fram eallum mannum lufad,

    • Bd. 3, 14
      • ;
    • S. 540, 11
      • :
    • 5
      • ;
    • 19
      • ;
    • S. 637, 19
      • .
Similar entries
v. ge-lufian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lufian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21868.

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