lufian

lufian

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of loven (“to love”)

• lufiġean

From Proto-West Germanic *lubōn, derived from the noun *lubu (“love”). Equivalent to lufu +‎ -ian. Cognate with Old Frisian luvia, Old High German lubōn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.fi.ɑn/, [ˈlu.vi.ɑn]

lufian

1. to love

   Ġif þū wille bēon ġelufod, lufa.

   If you want to be loved, love.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Second Sunday After Easter"

     Sē Hǣlend cwæþ be him, "Iċ eom gōd hierde, and iċ oncnāwe mīn sċēap, and hīe oncnāwaþ mē." Þæt is, "Iċ lufiġe hīe, and hīe lufiaþ mē."

     Jesus said about himself, "I'm a good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and they know me." In other words, "I love them, and they love me."

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:5

     Þonne ġē ēow ġebidden, ne bēoþ ġē swelċe līċetteras. Þā lufiaþ þæt hīe ġebidden hīe standende on ġesamnungum and strǣta hyrnum þæt menn hīe ġesēon.

     When you pray, don't be like hypocrites. They love to pray standing in synagogues and on street corners for people to see them.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 23:7

     Hīe lufiaþ þæt hīe man grēte on strǣtum and þæt menn hīe lārēowas nemnen.

     They love being greeted on the streets and people calling them teacher.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 21:17

     Þā wæs Petrus sāriġ for þām þe hē cwæþ þriddan sīðe tō him, "Lufast þū me?" And hē cwæþ tō him, "Dryhten, þū wāst eall þing; þū wāst þæt iċ þē lufiġe."

     Peter felt hurt because he asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" And he told him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you."

• ġelufian
• lufiend

• Middle English: loven, lofe, love, lovye, lovyen, lowen, lufe, lufen, luffe, luve; loviȝe, lovin, lufian, lufiæn, lufiȝe, lufiȝen, luvan, luven, luvie, luvien, luviȝe, luviȝen, luvyen; lufenn
  • English: love
  • Scots: luve