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LUFU

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
LUFU, e and an [v. Anglia vi. 176]; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§108; §276; §366;
LOVE
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  • Te amo

    ðé ic lufige, ðon befylþ mín lufu on ðé and ðú miht cweþan

    amor a te

    ic eom gelufod fram ðé,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 19
    • ;
    • Som. 22, 36
    • .
  • Gif ðonne ðæs monnes mód and his lufu biþ behleápen on ða lǽnan sibbe

    si ergo in ea [pace] cor quæ relicta est figitur,

    • Past. 46, 5
    • ;
    • Swt, 351, 14
    • .
  • Swá mycel lufu tó godcundre láre

    tantus amor persuadendi,

    • Bd. 4, 27
    • ;
    • S. 604, 20
    • .
  • Sǽde hire ðá his lust and his willan ðæt his lulu wǽre ðæt hé ða stówe neósode ðara eádigra apostola

    indicavit ei desiderium sibi inesse beatorum apostolorum limina visitandi

    • 5, 19
    • ;
    • S. 637, 30
    • .
  • On ðæm welme ðære sóþan lufan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 29, l0
    • :
    • Exon. 107 a
    • ;
    • Th. 409, 7
    • ;
    • Rä. 27, 25
    • .
  • Mid bróðorlíce lufan hí lǽran ðæt hí rihte sibbe and lufan betwih him hæfdon,

    • Bd. 2, 2
    • ;
    • S. 502, 8
    • .
  • For Godes lufon

    pro Domino,

    • 3, 19
    • ;
    • S. 547, 16
    • .
  • For úre lufan

    for love of us,

    • Blickl. Homl. 23, 35
    • .
  • Mid lufe ge mid láðe,

    • 45, 8
    • .
  • For hylde and lufe

    affectu,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 65
    • .
  • Gif hé secge ðæt hé hæbbe hire freóndscipe ðæt ys be lufe

    si dicat se amicitiam ejus habere, id est, amatorie,

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 17
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 230, 17
    • .
  • Hié sceolan lǽran Godes lufan and manna,

    • Blickl. Homl 77, 20
    • .
  • Godes ege and his lufe fæstlíce on úrum heortum healdan,

    • 131, 3
    • .
  • And ðar þegen áge twegen costas lufe oððe lage and hé ðonne lufe geceóse

    and where a thane has a choice of two courses, love or law [an amicable settlement or appeal to law] and he choose the former,

    • L. Eth. iii. 13
    • ;
    • Th. i. 298, 5
    • .
  • Ðeós woruld nǽre wyrðe ðæt man tó hire lufe hæfde ealles tó swíðe

    this world does not deserve to be loved too much,

    • Wulfst. 273, 14
    • .
  • For Godes ege and for his lufu,

    • 302, 27
    • .
  • Ðǽr wé sib and lufu samod gemétaþ,

    • Hy. 7, 30
    • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 30
    • .
  • Lufena tó leáne,

    • Exon. 119 b
    • ;
    • Th. 459, 11
    • ;
    • Hy. 4, 115
    • .
  • Ðeáh monn good onginne for sumes wítes ege, hit mon sceal ðeáh geendigean for sumes gódes lufum,

    • Past. 37, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 265, 7
    • .
  • For ðǽm lufum ðe hí tó him habbaþ

    per caritatem,

    • 52, 7
    • ;
    • Swt. 409, 13
    • .
  • Ðone mon lufaþ for lufum,

    • Bt. 24, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 82, 34.
  • For ðínum lufum,

      22, 2; Fox 78, 12.
  • Hé onféng ða ilcan gecynde for úrum lufon

    he received the same nature for our sakes,

    • Blickl. Homl. 23, 24
    • .
  • For mínum lufan.

    • Wulfst. 231, 17.
  • Lufum

    voluntariis,

    • Hpt. Gl, 435, 64
    • .
Derived forms
bearn-, brýd-, eád-, eard-, feoh-, freónd-, fyrhþ-, gást-, heáh-, heort-, mǽg-, man-, mód-, ofer-, sib-, sorg-, treów-, wíf-lufu
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v.  lufe.
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