lufian
Middle English
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- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of loven (“to love”)
Old English
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *lubōn, derived from the noun *lubu (“love”). Equivalent to lufu + -ian. Cognate with Old Frisian luvia, Old High German lubōn.
Pronunciation
editVerb
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- 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." That is, "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 so that people will see them.
- 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."
Conjugation
editConjugation of lufian (weak class 2)
infinitive | lufian | lufienne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | lufiġe | lufode |
second person singular | lufast | lufodest |
third person singular | lufaþ | lufode |
plural | lufiaþ | lufodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | lufiġe | lufode |
plural | lufiġen | lufoden |
imperative | ||
singular | lufa | |
plural | lufiaþ | |
participle | present | past |
lufiende | (ġe)lufod |
Derived terms
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