Middle English Dictionary Entry
louen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | louen v.(2) Also lawen; p. lawed. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI loga. Also cp. loue n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To burn, blaze; also fig. be ardent; (b) to gleam, glitter; (c) to be illustrious, be brilliant; (d) to incite (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1333) Herebert Come shuppere (Add 46919)12 : Of þe uader and þe sone, þou ȝyf ous knoulechinge, To leue þat uul of boþe þou euer boe louinge.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)315 : Lowyn, or flamyn as fyyr: Flammo.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)226 : Þe lede lawid in hire lofe as leme dose of gledis.
b
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)236 : Þat a haþel & a horse myȝt such a hwe lach..Þen grene aumayl on golde lowande [?read: glowande] bryȝter.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)868 : Þe ver by his uisage verayly hit semed Wel neȝ to vche haþel alle on hwes, Lowande & lufly alle his lymmez vnder.
- a1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)1452 : Þer men myȝth se..Arcangelus of rede golde..Lowynge [Thrn: Gleterand] ful lyȝth.
c
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)679 : A lowande leder of ledez in londe hym wel semez.
d
- a1450(a1401) Chastising GC (Bod 505)159/24 : She is welle of pite; þerfor, of grete compassion, she shal lowe [glossed: excite] hir sone to mercy.