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warm affection, attachment
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    gemǽne ne sceal elles áwiht nymðe lufu langsumu,
      Gen. 1906.

  • His þegnas for hiora eardes lufan tilodon hine tó forlǽtanne,

      Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 28.

  • Ic hæfde bródor and éðel on Egyptum and þǽr mid mínum mágum wunode ... þá ongan ic heora lufu (lufa, v. l.) forhycgan, Hml. S. 23 b, 326. ¶ plural with force of singular :-- Ðeáh hé hit for lufum

    (spiritu dileclionis)

    dó,
      Past. 167, 12.

  • Hit is nú ðearf ðæt wé for lufum

    (caritatis studio)

    eft cierren,
      461, 10.

  • I a. an act of kindness, action prompted by love :-- Án lufu is þe þú miht mé gegearwian

    unum est quod mihi impendere beneficium poles,

      Gr. D. 182, 5.

  • Bescirede duguda gehwylcre, lufena and lissa, Gú. 1049. I b. amicable settlement as opposed to litigation (v.

    N. E. D.

    love ; I d),
      Ll. Th. i. 298, 5 (in Dict.).
in a religious sense,
love; caritas.
of God towards man
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  • Seó godcunde lufu,

      Bt. 10 ; F. 30, 8.

  • Swá se ælmihitiga ealle gesceafte lufað . . . Nis þæt lǽsast þæt seó lufu cýðeð,

      Gú. 741.

  • Fore monna lufan mín

    (Christ's)

    Þrowade heáfod hearmslege,
      Cri. 1434.

  • Ic lufan symle lǽstan wið eówic

    I will ever show my love to you,

    477.

  • Lufan Dryhtnes wyrcan

    to gain the love of God by deeds,

      Dóm. 49.

  • Lufe wyrcean,

      Gen. 624.
of man towards God
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  • Him Dryhtnes lof born in breóstum, brondhát lufu,

      Gú. 937.

  • Seó lufu . . . byil geéced þonne þæt andgyt byð gefæstnod on Gode ; ne þare lufu ne byð nán ende,

      Solil. H. 29, 6-8.

  • Hí feorh ágéfan for Meotudes lufan,

      Men. 82.

  • Ealle gesceafta habbaþ gemǽnelíce ðá áne lufe, ꝥ hí þeówian swilcum hláforde,

      Bt. 39, 13 ; F. 234, 28 : Solil. H. 28, 11.

  • On breóstum wegan byrnende lufan Meotodes,

      Edg. 40.

  • His lufan ádreógan,

      Gú. 63.

  • For Godes lufum and for Godes ege

    supernae formidinis et dilectionis spiritu afflatus,

      Past. 169, 3.
of God's creatures to one another
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  • Sybb sý mid eówic, symle sóð lufu. Jul. 669.

  • Sybbe healdan, gǽstlice lufu,

      Leás. 39.
strong feeling, passion, affection
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  • Sé þe nú gehæft sié mid ðǽre unnyttan lufe þisse middangeardes

    quos fallax ligat terrenis habitans libido menteis,

      Bt. 34, 8; F. 144, 25.

  • Flǽsclicra gewilnunga lufa carnalium desideriorum affectus (acc. pl. ), Scint. 28, 13. III a. strong liking for, or devotion to something

    (gen. )

    :-- Sybbe lufu,
      Ps. Th. 84, 9.

  • Hwæðer ðé ǽnig lufe oððe lust sí ǽnigre wemnesse,

      Solil. H. 36, 13.

  • Eall sió lufu ðæs hǽmedðinges biþ for gecynde

    haec caritas ex naturali intentione procedit,

      Bt. 34, 11 ; F. 152, 14.

  • For ðára leásena spella lufan,

      35, 5 ; F. 166, 16.
love between man and woman
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  • Gif ðú hwilc ǽnlic wíf lofodest, and heó nolde þé lufian on nán óðer gerád bútan þú woldest ǽlce óðer lufe álétan for hyre ánre lufe,

      Solil. H. 42, 16.

  • Lufan,

      Bt. 38, l; F. 194, 26.

  • Hit þúhte him feáwa daga for þǽre lufe þe hé tó hire hæfde,

      Gen. 29, 20.

  • Heó þæs beornes lufan wiðhogde,

      Jul. 41.

  • Hé sinhígscipas gesamnaþ mid clǽnlicre lufe

    hic conjugii sacrum castis nectit amoribus,

      Bt. 21 ; F. 74, 38.

  • Ðá lufe mon mæg swíþe uneáþe, oððe ná, forbeódan,

      35, 6; F. 170, 11.

  • Druncen beorg þé . . . and idese lufan, Fä. 26. IV a. personified :-- Ðec lufað clene lufe

    te diligat castus amor,

      Ps. Srt. ii. p. 202, 7.

  • V. an object of desire :-- Hú sægde hire his lust and willan, ꝥ his lufu wǽre ꝥ hé þá stówe neósode þára eádigra apostola

    indicauit ei desiderium sibi inesse beatorum apostolorum limina uisitandi,

      Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 657, 14.
in phrases with a preposition.
with for, for the lofe or
sake of
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  • Ic ácsige þé hweðer þú áðer oððe for heora lufum oððe for éniges þinges lufum hym eft tó geénan wille . . . hweðer þú for heora lufum woldest ðás þing underfón,

      Solil. H. 38, 4-9.
with on
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  • Gif him sý Meotud on lufan,

      Fä. 10.

  • Ic hí on lufan mínre hæfde

    juae dilexi,

      Ps. Th. 118, 47 : 121, 6.
  • v. bróbor-lufu, móder-lufu, weorold-lufu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lufu.” 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/54831.

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