Middle English Dictionary Entry
lǒve n.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | lǒve n.(1) Also luve, louve, lufe, luf(fe, louf(e, lof(e, lufve, low(e, (early) lufæ, leove, lofve, (errors) lone, lune. Forms: sg. dat. or acc. lǒven, luven, (early) lufen, lufæn, luffen; pl. lǒves, etc. & (early) luven, luve, lǒve. |
Etymology | OE lufu (Merc. lufe, -an). ?Also (sense 1d.) cp. OI lof 'leave, permission'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
(a) Love (either the emotion itself or the manifestation of it in action or conduct); friendship, friendly behavior; (b) actual ~, a specific feeling or expression of love; brenninge ~, hot ~, fervent love; god ~, good love, pure love; gret ~, muchel (mikel) ~, great love; habitual ~, a customary or habitual tendency to be loving; hertes ~, heartfelt love; lives ~, love of (eternal or spiritual) life; loves fir, the fire of love; moral ~, love as a moral virtue; soth (sothfast) ~, true love, loyal love; (c) love as one of the three Christian virtues; also, soth ~; (d) love as used by mystical writers [often hard to pin down]: love [cp. 1a. (a)], love as a means of attaining union with God, ?the result of the soul's union with Christ; ~ bond; prike of ~, the 14th-century Stimulus Amoris attributed to St. Bonaventura; (e) the love which binds the universe together in harmony; (f) with inf.: a desire (to do sth.), a fondness (for doing sth.).
Associated quotations
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- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)58/13 : Þær habbæð alle haliȝe fulfremede lufe.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)120/11 : Þær hæfð ælc to oðre unasecgendlic lufæ.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4995 : Tale off tweȝȝenn hunndredd maȝȝ Þatt fulle lufe tacnenn.
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)314 : Alle godel [read: godes] laȝes hie fulleð..Þe þe þos two luues [vrr. two loue, twa luue, two luuen] halt and wile hes wel healde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2079 : He hehte þat luue [Otho: lofe] scolde liðen heom bi-tweonen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4307 : Leoue [Otho: loue] heom wes bi-twune, þet æuere eiþer oðer luuede alse is broþer.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)18/271 : Hwa se haueð riht luue to him & treowe bileaue.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)9/95 : Hire feader feng on earst feire on to lokin ȝef he mahte wið eani luue speden.
- a1250 Ancr.(Tit D.18)147/18 : Mon selles wel luue for luue, And swa mon ah to selle luue, & for na þing elles.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)8/7 : Ah chearite, þet is, luue & eadmodnesse & þolemodnesse, treoweschipe & haldunge of þe alde ten heastes.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)96/28 : Swa hat ower feader þet ȝe cussen nawd wið muð ah wið luue of heorte.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)461 : Ich fare hom to min erde, An habbe boþe luue & þonc.
- a1300 Leuedi sainte (Add 27909)36 : Luue to gode & te mann ic bidde þat tu me sende.
- a1350 Iesu suete is (Hrl 2253)65 : Suete loue þe dude gredyn.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)92/31 : He uoluelþ þe herte of loue.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.159 : And if that ye in clene loue me gye, He wol yow loue.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 15.13 : No man hath more loue than this, that ony man putte his soule, that is, lyf, for his frendis.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Eph.5.2 : Be ȝe foloweris of God..and walke ȝe in loue.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2317 : As sende loue and pees bitwix hem two.
- c1390 St.Greg.(Vrn)54/433 : Þenne seide þe kniht wiþ loue trewe, 'I wot ne gomeþ þe no gleo.'
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.98 : Good drynke..wol turne rancour and disese Tacord and loue and many a wrong appese.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)467 : So fare we alle wyth luf and lyste To kyng and quene by cortaysye.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)21/2 : Þat is a wel ordeyned loue, whan a man loueþ God aboue al þyng, and noon oþer þyng but in as myche as it helpeþ him þerto.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2315 : For þinges two myn hert sore meve, Þis to seyne, loue and gentillesse.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)57/25 : Þei louen not me, and þei loue not her neiȝbore, For þo tweyne loues moste be knytt togyderis.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)196/35 : Þe moost profiȝt þe which sche may do to me is for to ȝeelde to me pure loue.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)3/63 : Ȝe were choson..To kepe ȝour holy order..In parfyt loue and charite.
- c1440 Bonav.Medit.(3) (Thrn)198 : He sall fynde full many thynges..styrande hym to newe compassione, newe luffe, newe gostely comforthe.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)16570 : Loue & pees þey held ay samen.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)11/7-10 : Þouȝ alle þe loues þat euere were, or þat euere hadde fadir or modir to here childer, were festened in oo loue, ȝit ne myȝt it riȝtly by a þousande parte reche to þe loue þat God haþ schewyd to vs.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)171/5 : If it be doon..for loue afore had to god, Also loue yhad toward eny persoone.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)135/22 : Humylite Engendryth lowe, that destrueth envy and hatredyn.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)42/56 : On certan wise I will hym proue, If he to me be trew of louf.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)301/259 : That was for the hartly luf I had Vnto mans saull.
- a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)34 : In the name of our Lord Jhesu Crist and for that lof that he had vn to ȝou in the tyme of his passion.
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- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)50/11 : We beon ifulled mid þare soþan lufe to Gode & to ure nextum.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2588 : Ȝiff þatt ȝho nohht ne wære full Off soþfasst lufess mahhte.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3012 : Ure Drihhtin haffde..mikell lufe towarrd uss.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5247 : Ȝiff þatt soþ lufe iss filledd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13442 : I sette ȝuw to ben..Lihhtfattess muþ..To kinndlenn hemm soþ lufess fir.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15580 : Hat lufe towarrd Godess hus Me biteþþ i min herrte.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15646 : Þurrh hat herrtess lufe & lusst Þatt he [Christ] till mannkinn haffde.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)16134 : Hat lufess fir..Iss kinndledd i þatt herrte.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)235 : Ure king we oȝeð wrhmint, hur sceappend al þat we bieð, ure fader soðe lufe, ur hlaford drednesse.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)783 : Ich for-beode, heolde mine þeinen, vppe þere muchele lufe þe us bi-tueiȝen lið, þat nan ne beo so wilde.
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)123/1 : Come þu mit sybbe & mid soðre lufe, odðe mid unþwærnesse & licetunȝe?
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)4/8 : He hire luueliche liues luue leareð.
- c1225 SWard (Roy 17.A.27)26/237 : Ich am..liues luue ihaten.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)126/31 : He his to-delþ..be uour þinges þet zoþ loue makeþ.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.153 : An aungel..with gret loue..Is redy ay my body for to kepe.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.382 : Yet may he refreyne hym by the brennynge loue that he hath to oure lord Iesu Crist.
- (1415) Will in Bdf.HRS 222 : Soe gret loue and trust þat i, Edward Cheyne, haue in ȝou.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)115 : Þus grete lufe God til man kydde.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1843 : Nouther of þam [body and soul] wald other forga, Swa mykel lof es bytwen þam twa.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5793 : And good love regned overall.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)2/4 : How dere he boght man..for þe grete luffe [F amour] þat he had til him.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)210/13 : In good loue þer is no syn.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)26/20 : It lettid þe good loue þat was bituene þee & me.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)189/30-1 : Suche outward deedis..ben to be seid propirli 'loue' or 'charite', or 'loues' and 'charitees', as þe habit is to be seid propirli 'habitual loue' or 'charite'.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1054/18 : I dare sey for good love she bade us to dyner and nat for no male engyne.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)152/38 : In hote loue myn hert is hydde.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)17/33-5 : No þing is 'moral vertu' saue what is an habyt, or a disposicioun toward þe same habit in þe wil; and to al þilk habyt 'charite' is general, and to actual louys goyng bifore into gendring of habitual loue and to actual loues folewing aftir þe same habitual loue; and ȝitt noon of þilk actual loues is 'moral vertu', for noon of hem is an habit.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)25/31 : Crist spake þere of þre moral loues in general, Of whiche a man schulde have oon to god, anoþire to him silf, and þe iije to his neiȝbore.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)170/31 : Marie Magdalein, for the grete brennyng loue þat sche loued God, wold neuer haue housbonde.
- a1500 St.Anne(3) (Tan 407)46 : Thys mary was weddyd to on zebede, that in þe lawe of god had gret loue and lyst.
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- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)40/7 : Ðreo þing beoð..neodbehefe to habbene: An is ileafæ, oþer is hiht, þridde is soþ lufe.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)50/4 : We wyllæð her specan feawum wordum be þam ðrym þingun..leafa & hiht & lufe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2704 : Mann birrþ beon ȝeorrnfull..To cwemenn Crist..Þurrh lufe & hope & læfe.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)15/28 : Ich nabbe ihafd rihte ileaue, ne faste hope, ne soðe luue to ure lauerde gode.
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- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)144/1,7 : Þe uerste stape of loue, aze zayþ saynt be[r]nard, is huanne þe man ne can naȝt louie bote him-zelue and his oȝene guod..Þe uerþe, huanne he is zuo ynome of þe holy loue þet he ne louie ne him-zelue ne god [read: guod] bote uor god.
- c1390 ?Hilton Qui Habitat (Vrn)90/1 : Grace schal..myltiplyen priueliche in mennes hertes & cundel þe desyre þorw brennynde loue.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)26/4 : Of God him-self can no man þinke..By loue may he be getyn & holden.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)34/8-9 : It is more profitable to þe helþe of þi soule..soche a blynde steryng of loue vnto God for him-self & soche a priue loue put vpon þis cloude of vnknowyng.
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)2/57 : I do me widynnen Ihesu Crist and I haue trewe bileue þat he is Ihesu, þat is, salueoure to alle þoe þat wid luue and trewe bileue aren bounden to him wid luue-bonde.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)102/5 : He truly has gude begynnynge of lufe.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)153/38 : Also þe same preyste red aftyr-ward in a tretys whech is clepyd 'Þe Prykke of Lofe', þe ij chapitulo þat Bone-auentur wrot of hym-selfe, þes wordys folwyng.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)197/16 : Mary, not knowyng what he was, al inflawmyd wyth þe fyre of lofe, seyd to hym a-geyn.
- a1450(?c1343) Rolle EDormio (Cmb Dd.5.64)63/85 : Þe fyrst degre of lufe es when a man haldes þe ten commandementes and kepes hym fra þe seven dedely synnes and es stabyl in þe trowth of hali kyrke.
- a1450(?c1343) Rolle EDormio (Cmb Dd.5.64)64/119 : Þan enters þou into þe toþer degre of lufe, þat es, to forsake al þe worlde, þi fader and þi moder, and al þi kyn, and folow Criste in poverte.
- a1450(?c1343) Rolle EDormio (Cmb Dd.5.64)69/263 : Þan enters þow into þe thirde degre of lufe..Þis degre es called contemplatife lyfe.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)1 : The firste tokene of loue is þat þe louier submytte fully his wille to þe wille of him þat he loueþ.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)21 : Þis knowyng stiriþ and reisiþ up a loue in þe soule, answerynge to þat goostly biholdynge of þe beynge of Crist.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)23 head. : Of transfoormynge of þe soule in-to þe loue of Iesu Crist.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)31 : And þus euere bi litil and litil goostli loue falliþ and dieþ.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.70.48a : In þin herte, where þe stede of lufe is, þou schuldest mown haue part of swilk lufe to þin euencristene as I speke of.
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- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2988 : The firste moeuere of the cause aboue, Whan he first made the faire cheyne of loue, Greet was theffect and heigh was his entente.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1744-6 : Love, that of erthe and se hath governaunce, Love, that his hestes hath in hevenes hye, Love, that with an holsom alliaunce.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.8.16-18 : Al this accordaunce of thynges is bounde with love, that governeth erthe and see and hath also comandement to the hevene; And yif this love slakede the bridelis, alle thynges..wolden make batayle contynuely.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.6.60,64 : This is the comune love to alle thingis..For elles ne myghten they nat lasten yif thei ne comen nat eftsones ayein, by love retorned, to the cause that hath yeven hem beinge (that is to seyn, to God).
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- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9403 : Þe wone & hus þat ȝe abbeþ euere ibe aboue; Þat aȝte make ȝou abbe to fiȝte þe betere loue.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)452 : Gret liking & loue i haue þat lud to bi-hold.
1b.
In phrases, etc.: (a) eien ~, love of eyes, love of visible things; ertheli ~, ertheli thinges ~, worldes ~, worldli ~, ~ in erthe, ~ of this world, ~ of ertheli thinges, worldly love, love of worldly things; fleshes ~, fleshli ~, love of physical things, love of physical pleasures; ?also, sexual love; hed (meste) loves, chiefloves; ivel ~, sinful love; kinde ~, natural love, love of kin or friends; kindeli ~, love between husband and wife, ?sexual love; propre ~, love of self; (b) for ~ ne (for) eie, for ~ ne aue, for love nor fear, on no account; for ~ and eie, out of love and fear; for ~ or eie, for love or fear, regardless of anything; mid (with) eie and mid (with) ~, by fear and by love; for ~ or mede, for love or money; for drede neither for ~, for fear nor for love; etc.; (c) ~ of frendshipe, ~ of frendes, frendes ~, love between friends; unfrendli ~, unfriendly love, enmity; (d) after genitive or before of- phr.: (someone's) love; (e) before or after genitive, or before of- phr.: the love (of sb. or sth.), love (for sb. or sth.); godes ~, ~ godes, ~ of god, love for God, etc.; (f) for ~, with genitive or of- phr.: for love (of sb. or sth.), because of love (for sb. or sth.); for his ~, for love of him; for ~ of lif, for love of life, because he wanted to live; for profites ~, for love of gain; for godes ~, for the ~ of god; etc.; (g) for ~, with gen. or of- phr.: for (someone's) sake, on account of (sb. or sth.); for mi ~, for my sake, on my account; for the ~ of sir galahad, on account of Sir Galahad, i.e., for hatred of Sir G.; (h) for ~, in entreaties and exhortations: for the love of (sb.), for (someone's) sake; for mi ~, for the ~ of me, for love of me, if you love me; for godes ~, for (the) ~ of god, for cristes ~, for the lordes ~, for marie(s ~, etc.
Associated quotations
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11122 : Þatt drinnch..turrneþþ þeȝȝre þohht..All fra þe weorrldess lufe & lusst.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12139 : He wollde cunnenn swa To brinngenn inn hiss herrte Erþlike þingess lufe & lusst.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12220 : Þe flæshess fule lufe & lusst, Her tacneþþ gluterrnesse.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12224 : Ehne laþe lufe & lusst, Her tacneþþ grediȝnesse.
- a1250 Ancr.(Tit D.18)151/36 : Vnde-re ho makes godd..þat for ani worldliche lu-ue his luue manges.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)164/13 : Sire ich hit dude for delit, for uuel luue.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)200/2 : Fowr heaued luuen [Tit: luues] me ifind i þis world; bi tweone gode iferen, bitweone mon & wummon, bi wif & hire child, bitweone licome & sawle.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)202/3 : Cleane sawle passeð..þe fowr measte luuen þet me ifind on eorðe.
- a1250 Orison Lord (Nero A.14)200 : Fleschlich luue and gostlich, eorðlich luue [Lamb: louo] and heouenlich, ne muhen onone wise bedden in one breoste.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2286 : Kinde luue gan him ouer-gon.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)250/23 : Þet is þe loue of þise wordle.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.62 : Þe Iewes..weren ȝouen to þe loue of erþelich þinges.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.204 : Hire flesshly loue was deedly hate.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.150 : Kynde loue coueiteth nouȝte.
- a1425 Rolle FLiving (Arun 507)420 : God..dose þaim..forgete vanitees & fleshli luf.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)286/32 : Euery vice..spryngeþ of propre loue.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)138/9 : Alle maner of louys in erthe, I prey þe, Lord, forbede me.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)30 : So þat hem þinkeþ þat þei may vse siche spekyngis, lokyngis, touchyngis, handlyngis, kissyngis, and siche tokenes of fleschli loue with-oute perel.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.1.2a : Þin hert mighte be as hit were ded to alle erthly loues and dredes.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)863 : Kyndly luf & eke solas shuld be bitwene hom.
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- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)38/13 : Mon steoræn sceal his aȝene childum mid æȝe & mid lufe.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)557 : Ich mahte inoh raðe wel habben aweld hire, ȝef ha nalde wið luue, wið luðer eie lanhure.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)4/25 : We mahen iþþlen hare nurhð..a þet hit cume forð & ba wið eie & wið luue tuhte ham þe betere.
- c1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)24/199 : Nullich leauen þis luue for luue ne for eie.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3632 : God it tagte..Quilc srud, quat offrende, quil lage, And quat for luue and quat for age.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6141 : Verst he wende to westsex, & þere ech contreye Abuyede al to is wille, boþe uor loue & eye.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)48/571 : Sikerlich for loue or ay, Þou schust be king after mi day.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2380 : They seyn it moore for drede than for loue.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2613 : Þey wuld nat, for loue ne awe, Ȝeue hym crystyn mennys lawe.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2710 : He was charged þe soþe to seye, Þat he ne shulde, for loue ne eye, Ne for lefe, no for loþe, But trewly to swere hys oþe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.678 : Thus she brenneth both in love and drede.
- a1425 Nicod.(1) (Add 32578)1680 : Þai sulde noȝt layne..Þaten þai þe sothe sulde say Outhire for loue or mede.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.25/10 : Nat for drede nethir for loue of God ne also for mannys shame, he myght not tempyr the hardnes of that yndurat herte.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1484 : He myȝte no ffowayle beye, Neyþer ffor loue, neyther ffor eye.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)56/159 : With ffals wyttnes no man þou dere, Nowther ffor love ne dred ne fere.
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- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.371 : Every wight, but he be fool of kynde, Wol deme it love of frendshipe in his mynde.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.379 : Swych love of frendes regneth al this town.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.962 : Hire love of frendshipe have I to the wonne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1591 : This Troilus, with al th'affeccioun Of frendes love..To Pandarus on knowes fil adown.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5201 : Love of freendshipp also ther is, Which makith no man don amys.
- (1425) RParl.4.274a : Ye Commune of your Realme..seyng yis delaye, of which were like to growe unease and unfrendely love betwene me and my said Cousyn..hav in all humble wise instaunced your..Lordship.
d
- a1250 Orison Lord (Nero A.14)200 : Ontend me wið blase of þine leitinde luue.
- 1372 Water & blod (Adv 18.7.21)18 : Siþen i þe my lowe schewe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)340 : So schaltow gete goddes loue & alle gode mennes.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Cor.9.2 : Ȝoure loue hath stirid ful manye.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1567 : Al þair luf þai gaue to lust.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1412 : Jason myghte be..Enhaunsed..With love of lordes of his regioun.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)3/18 : For noþing ellis but onely for to kyndil þi loue to hym.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)25/20 : What doiþ oure Lord, oure louer, þat oure loue wolde haue?
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.47 : I see neuyr man that sete in sete, So muche of my lufue myȝte gete As thou thi seluun hase.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)358/82 : Here love is only on me.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)57b/b : Loke þat þou dispraue noon oþir lechis wiþouten greet cause, for it is necessarie to haue loue of alle lechis & clerkis.
e
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)42/32 : He þencð hu mucel þeo lufe beo þare syferlicnesse on þare heortæn.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)106/6 : On alle þinge ȝearwie we us sylfe..on clæne þonce & on soðe lufe, Godes & monnæ.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)8/15 : Ic wat, leof, ðet ȝit mycele godes lufe & mycele freondrædenne habbæð inc tweonan.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)10/45 : Þu me scoldest holden þuruh holie lufe Cristes.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30077 : For to uæstnen þa luuen of leofuen heore uæderen, to-somne me heom tahte.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)33/4,5 : Swa wile godes luue bien ouer alle oðre luuen.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)39/23 : Ne mai næure karite bien fulfremed wið-uten twa luues, þat is, godes and mannes.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)66/13 : Þu maht underȝeoten þet ter wes lute fur of chearite, þet leiteð al of ure lauerdes luue.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)207 : Nis he vor þe noȝt afoled, Þat he for þine olde luue Me adun legge and þe buue.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4060 : Ðu migt..hem fro godes luue led.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.10.2 : Thei han loue of God but not vp kunnynge.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.39 : Aboute þat tyme was Fulbertus..an excellent man in oure lady love [Higd.(2): in the luffe of our blissede lady; L beatæ Mariæ amore].
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)40/2,4 : Gif vnto me meuyng in þi lufe with-outen mesure..Þe better treuly is lufe of þe grediliar þat it is.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)1/15 : He meued..a synful caytyf vn-to hys love.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)24 : And þe soule haþ þanne grete feelyngis of Cristis loue.
f
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Þa luuede se kining hit swiðe for his broðer luuen, Peada, & for his wed broðeres luuen, Oswi, & for Saxulfes luuen, þes abbodes.
- 1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1123 : Þa hwile þæt he þær wæs, þa geaf he þone biscop rice of Lincolne an clerc Alexander wæs ge haten; he wæs þes biscopes nefe of Seares byrig; þis he dyde eall for þes biscopes luuen.
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)27/118 : Oðre underfoð sumne cume leoflice for þæs Hælendes lufe.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)76/16 : Sume on clænnesse for Cristes lufæn wuniæð.
- c1200 Wor.Serm.in EGSt.7 (Wor Q.29)139 : Þonkeþ þet lauerd..doþ god for is luve.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1304 : Þu cnawesst rihht tin Godd..& forr þe lufe off himm forrsest Hæþene Goddess alle.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)189 : We ȝeueð uneðe for his luue [vrr. louue, loue] a stuche of ure brede.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9630 : Claudien him bitæhte þa burh..al for his sune luuen [Otho: sones lofue], þe leof him wes an heorten.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)18890 : Faren ich wulle for þire lufe [Otho: loue] to Vthere Pendragune.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)3/1 : In ure lauerdes luue, þe feader is of frumscheft, ant iþe deore wurðmunt of his deorewurðe sune, & iþe heiunge of þe hali gast.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)18 : Wel owen we uor þine luue ure heorte beien.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)33/569 : For my luue þu hit were.
- c1300 Gabriel fram evene king (Arun 248)7 : Godes sone..for mannes louen, wile man bicomen.
- c1300 Wen i o þe rode (Bod 57)9 : I o þe rode se..Iesu..Hys side depe istungen For sinne an lowe of man.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1169 : He seide eft, for luue of lif, Ðat sister wore sarra, his wif.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4081 : He slug Zabri for godes luuen.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)44/518 : Euerich gode harpour is welcom me to For mi lordes loue, Sir Orfeo.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)9/31 : He is yhyalde to yeue hit uor godes loue.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.86 : Þai þat dyen for þe loue of god shullen arisen to blis.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1664 : Þei..preyed hire, par charite and for profites loue, to kenne hem sum coyntice.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.138 : And for his loue that deyde vp on a tree, Euery seconde and thridde day she faste.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)prol.26 : To penaunce putten heom monye, For loue of vr lord liueden ful harde.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.17 : I schal lene hem lyflode..As longe as I liue for vr lordes loue of heuene.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.29 : I schal..labre for þi loue [vr. lufe] al my lyf tyme.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.1170 : For the wyues loue of Bathe..I wol..Seye yow a song.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)151b/a : He [vulture] fleeþ hyȝe and seeþ careynes þat beeth full lowe, and for loue of careyne, he comeþ downe fro þe hiȝe contre of þe ayer to þe grounde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)317a/b : Also þe bere loueþ hony most of ony þing, and he brekeþ trees & clymbeþ on trees for loue of hony combes.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)16.131 : Shal no such motif be meeuede for me, bote þere, For peers loue, þe plouhman, þat enpugnede ones Alle kyne konnynges.
- (1423) Pet.Sutton in Fenland NQ 7307 : The said tenaunts..stonde in way of utter destrucion without youre grace and succoure for the luf of God and in way of charyte.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)3 : Of the special rewarde of oure lorde Jesu, byhoten to alle thoo that forsaken the world for his loue [vr. luffe].
- c1475 Rwl.Prov.(Rwl D.328)p.125 : For þe loue off þe nursse, þe chyld ys y-chest.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)145/35 : Punysh ye neuer mysdoere..Saue for lowe of Iustyce.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)110 : Thei dressed alle hem a-geyn hym..for love of the archebisshop.
- a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)34 : He..offird hymself to be naylid vpon the crosse for our lof.
g
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Þe Iudeus of Noruuic..on lang fridæi him on rode hengen for ure Drihtines luue.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)349 : For þe loue of Iosep be ich neuere bliþe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14683 : For þin dedes gode..We wil noght stan þe..Bot for þine werkes gain þe lau And for þe luue o þi missau.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20911 : For þe luf of his sermon..Naild on þe rod he was.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)11440 : Þe sterre him hidde & wolde not shyne..þat was for fals heroudes loue [Vsp: For horods sak].
- c1400(1375) Canticum Creat.(Trin-O 57)77 : Lord, y praye ȝow sle me here..þat god for my loue Namore be wroþ wiþ þe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.4242 : Amyd Grekis, for his broþer deth..whom he mette for his loue he sleth.
- a1450(1400) Eche man be war (Dgb 102)11 : Noght for the loue of ten or twelue, Brynge not a Comone in greuaunce.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)70/9 : A damesell had destroyed hirselff for the love of hys dethe.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)868/10 : Thus was all the courte trowbled for the love of the departynge of these knyghtes.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)891/9 : We shall destroy all the knyghtes of kyng Arthurs..for the love of sir Galahad.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)275 : Þei be archers of þis contre, Þe Kyng to serue at wille..And for þeire luf a loge is diȝt Full hye vpon an hill.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1692 : This Giaunt hym toke, wo he be! For his love he [my father] gevith hym me.
h
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)16/32 : Ða bedon heo dauid þet he, for godes lufe, mid heom to heoræ husæn wendan sceolde.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)20/20 : He þa for godes lufen him [hors] findon het.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)29 : For godes luue, beteð ower sunnen!
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)29857 : Preostes..feolen to his foten..and beden hine for godes leoue leten heom beon on londe.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)7/22 : I bidde and warni, for ðe luue of gode and for ȝuer lieue saule, þat ȝie hatien..ðes awerȝhede senne.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)47/504 : Haue merci of me for þe lauerdes luue!
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)379 : Let sullen vs corn, louerd, for Godes loue!
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2509 : For godes luue get bid ic gu, Lested it ðanne, hoteð it nu!
- c1330 Le Freine (Auch)172 : Help þis seli innocent..for Marie loue, þi moder fre.
- c1350 Isumb.(GrI 20)228 : We axy hem some [mete]..For godus loue [Thrn: lufe] of heuene.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)266 : For godis loue, goþ til him swiþe!
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)625 : For loue of crist in heuene, Kiþe nouȝ þi kindenes!
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1084 : For Goddes loue, take al in pacience Oure prisoun, for it may noon oother be.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2782 : And softe take me in your armes tweye, For loue of God, and herkneth what I seye.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)2.2 : Merci, Madame, for Maries [vr. marie] loue of heuene!
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.209 : Cumforte hem with þi Catel, for cristes loue [vr. lof] of heuene!
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3717 : Thanne kys me..For Iesus loue.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.18 : Now for the loue of god and of seint Iohn, Leseth no tyme as ferforth as ye may.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.458,464 : For loue of god, as dooth your seluen grace..For goddes loue, com fro the tree adoun!
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)2794 : Mi gestis lat ȝe ley in pes; For godis luue, do þaim na malis.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)134 : Þat þou let noght for his sawes At tel to me and þi felawes Al þi tale, how it bytid, For my luf I þe pray and byd.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.123 : Telle it us, For Goddes love!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.988 : 'Al esily, now, for the love of Marte!' Quod Pandarus.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)929 : And þerfor, for þe loue of me, Hye þe faste to þat cyte.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)84/79 : Fore Cristis loue doþ almesdede.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2264 : But to hire husbonde gan she for to preye, For Godes love, that she moste ones gon.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)13.143 : My soster..preide me, for Alle loves that euere were Be-twene soster And brothir dere, Ȝow to Avengen.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)155 : And for his luf lyfes halily.
- c1450(c1370) Chaucer Pity (Benson-Robinson)98 : For Goddis love, have mercy on my peyne!
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1056 : For the love of God, telle me!
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)1587 : Sir, for alle loues, Lete me thy prisoneres seen!
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)376 : Wel þan, for goddis loue, If þu wilt glose þe textis of þe gospelle þat ben so euen aȝens þi lordeschip, glose hem as criste did.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1799 : For Iesu is love, that harood hell, Lord, haue mercy on me!
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)66 : For goddes love, haueth pite of the kynge.
1c.
(a) The virtue of love personified; (b) a loved one, a friend; -- also coll.; also as adj. [quot.: Gener.(2)].
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)4.137 : Loue [vr. Luffe] lette of Meede luite.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)11.143 : For þere þat loue is lord, lakkiþ neuere grace.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)1.202 : Loue is leche of lyf.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.423 : And þanne luted loue in a loude note.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4813 : Loue is norice of welþe and of gladnesse.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)401 : Luf lokez to luf and his leve takez, For to ende alle at onez and for ever twynne.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1419 : Þer þe lede and alle his love lenged at þe table.
- c1440 Bonav.Medit.(3) (Thrn)216 : Than stode to-gedire Ihesu & his dere luffe with gret Ioye & gladnes.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)5 : And now cunfort schal be ȝouun of Iesu Crist, þi loue, vnto þee.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)295 : Ȝe scholen ben bothe my loves dere and my dowhtren jn God.
- a1500(?a1430) ?Hoccl.7 Joys Virg.(Cmb Kk.1.6)9 : Be glad also, ther ȝe be loue & spouse, Chosen of god to weyuyn al oure drede.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)754 : To hir made she seid full soberly, 'love Myrabell, I thank yow hertely.'
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)6 : Feire love, this I sey to yow that knowen not what it is to be in mannes company.
1d.
(a) A covenant of peace; a peaceful settlement; in ~ ne in laue, in laue ne ~, neither by amicable settlement nor by legal action [cp. OE lufe oþþe lage = amicitie uel lage]; (b) permission [cp. OI lof]; ~ and leve, permission and leave; ayenes the ~ of, without the permission of, against the will of; ayenes his ~ and his leve, without his leave or permission.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (a1041) in Liebermann Gesetze 1232 : Þar þegen age twegen costas, lufe oððe lage, & he þonne lufe geceose, stande þæt swa fæst swa se dom. ]
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)635 : God gat it, a token of luuen [Gen. 9.12: signum fœderis] Taunede him in ðe wakene a-buuen, Rein-bowe men cleped, reed and blo.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.149 : The Scottes..wiþ loue oþer wiþ strengþe [L vel amicitia vel ferro] made hem a place faste by þe Pictes.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1497 : Nas castel, cite, ne toun Þat nam bi loue oiþer miȝtte Lesse þan jn fourtene niȝtte.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)633 : To speke of lufe na time was þare, For aiþer hated uþer ful sare.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)2686 : In loue ne in lawe [vr. In lawe ne luf], wold non of hem lout.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.99 : Oreb..is callede also the mownte of fere and of luffe [Trev.: of couenaunt and of drede; L terroris et fœderis].
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.347 : Iosue..schedde water in to the erthe in to a signe of luffe [L in signum fœderis] begunne betwene God and the peple.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.123 : The forme of the luffe and convention made [Trev.: þe covenant; L forma fœderis] was wryten in tables of brasse.
b
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)240/6 : Sche had good lofe & leue & partyd fro hem.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1224 : Wiþ loue & leue, he queþe vs quyt & gyue vs shipes.
- a1450 Form Excom.(1) (Cld A.2)64 : Alle þat distroyeth treus, gresse, wilfully, growinge in chirche-yard, a-ȝeynus þe luff of hym þat is keper þer-off.
- (?a1461) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.lix : Oon Wyllyam Rydmyngton..come into the house of your seid besecher ayenst his love and his leve, and there ravyshed and defoilyd oon Johane Hunter.
2a.
(a) Love of man and woman, sexual love, conjugal love; (b) god of ~, Cupid; goddesse of ~, Venus; remedie of ~, Ovid's Remedia Amoris; brenninge ~, hot ~, ardent love; derne ~, clandestine love; foul ~, lascivious love; ~ treu, verrai ~, true love; leik of ~, ?the game of courtly love; plei of ~, sexual intercourse; after loves lore, concerning love; (c) in definitions of love; (d) the condition of loving and/or being loved; (e) after genitive: (someone's) love; (f) after genitive or before of- phr.: the love (of sb.), love (for sb.); (g) for ~, with gen. or of- phr.: for love (of sb. or sth.), because of love (for sb.); for his ~, for love of him; for mi ~, for love of me, if you love me, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)2/45 : Þet riche wif forhoweþ þene earueþ siþ, For ufel is þeo wrecche lufe.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)9/1 : Ic þe imæne mid loþre lufe.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1510 : Ȝef he bi þeneþ [Jes-O: bi þenkþ] bi hwan he lai, Al mai þe luue gan a wai.
- ?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)12 : Reste neuede he non, Þe loue wes so strong.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2692 : Ethiopienes kinges dowter..Gaf ðis riche burg moysi; Luue bonde hire, ghe it dede forði.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1727 : No miȝt no clerk it rede, Þe loue bitven hem to.
- c1330 Le Freine (Auch)12 : Mest o loue, for soþe, þai [Breton lays] beþ.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)7/55 : Þe king hadde a quen..Ful of loue & of godenisse.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)553 : What liif for longyng of loue i lede for his sake.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.29.20 : Þey semyden to hym fewe dayes for gretnes of luff.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1159 : Thyn is affeccioun of holynesse, And myn is loue as to a creature.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.943 : They assemble oonly for amorous loue.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2773 : The wylde loves rage In mannes lif forberth non Age.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.614 : Allas, allas, that euere loue was synne.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7681 : Kyssyng ys for loue to wynne And ys erand for flesshly synne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.392 : Best is That ye hym love ayeyn for his lovynge, As love for love is skilful guerdonynge.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.800 : How bisy, if I love, ek most I be To plesen hem that jangle of love, and dremen, And coye hem, that they seye noon harm of me!
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)854 : Gret love was atwixe hem two.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)21404 : Þe knightes þam mar to prowes þam gaf, Þe lofe of gude women to haf.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)30 : Þat semeþ to hem as it were deuocioun and good loue, but in soþfastnes it is sleynge of deuocioun and leccherous loue.
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.48 : Quen aythir of othir hade a siȝte, Suche a lufue be-tuene hom liȝte That partut neuyr thayre lyue.
- c1460 Ipom.(3) (Lngl 257)329/47 : Ther is noo thing in this world shall forthire a man more in armes than shall luf.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1252/19 : I requyre the and beseche the hartily, for all the lowe that ever was betwyxt us, that thou never se me no more in the visayge.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)352 : Hense forewarde y woll not hele The grete loue that me doth fele.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)51/14 : Sone se eauer eani feleð in to ei luðer speche þet falle toward ful luue, sperreð þe þurl.
- c1305 Als i me rod (LinI 135)21 : Mi lemman me haues bi-hot of louue trewe.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1785 : The god of loue, a benedicitee, How myghty and how greet a lord is he!
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1904 : He..hath..In worship of Venus, goddesse of loue, Doon make an auter.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2319 : That al hir hote loue and hir desir..Be queynt or turned in another place.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3200 : Of derne loue he koude and of solas.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3754 : His hote loue was coold and al yqueynt.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2166 : Prudence remembred hire vp on the sentence of Ouyde in his book that cleped is the remedie of loue.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2183 : For verray loue this is, with outen doute.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.514 : Right so this god of loues ypocrite Dooth so his cerymonyes and obeysaunces.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1513 : Of alle cheualry to chose, þe chef þyng a-losed Is þe lel layk of luf, þe lettrure of armes.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.206 : The God of Love gan loken rowe Right for despit.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5037 : And yit full many on I se Of wymmen..That desire and wolde fayn The pley of love, they be so wilde, And not coveite to go with childe.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5108 : A sory gest..Thou herberedest..The God of Love whanne thou let inn!
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1140 : That Cupido, that is the god of love..Hadde the liknesse of the child ytake.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)282 : Behynde this god of Love..I saugh comyng of ladyes nyntene.
- (1472) Stonor1.123 : My Cosen Willyam hath ben with a full goodly Gentilwoman and comynde with her after love's lore.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.27 : The kynge, beholdynge here beawte, hade a brennynge luffe to here.
c
- a1300 Loue is a selkud (Dc 139)1 : Loue is a selkud wodenesse Þat þe idel mon ledeth by wildernesse.
- ?a1300 Loue is sofft (Dgb 86)19-21 : Loue is les, loue is lef, loue is longinge. Loue is fol, loue is fast, loue is frowringe. Loue is sellich an þing, wose shal soþ singe.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4703 : Love, it is an hatefull pees, A free acquitaunce, withoute relees.
- a1500 Thayr ys no myrth (SeldSup 52)33 : Loue ys strange in all degre, Summtyme hoyt & sumtyme colde.
d
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.218 : She shal be cleped his lady as in loue.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.793 : Thus hath she take hir seruant and hir lord, Seruant in loue and lord in mariage.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1250 : But, as in love, alday it happeth so, That oon shal laughen at anothers wo.
- c1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)87 : But he was double in love and no thing pleyn.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)335/3 : Sir Gareth and dame Lyonesse were so hoote in brennynge love that they made their covenauntes..that she sholde com to his bedde.
- a1500(c1380) Chaucer Rosem.(Benson-Robinson)18 : Nas never pyk walwed in galauntyne As I in love am walwed and ywounde.
e
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30065 : Æiðer mid his lufe wende twoward heore wife.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)28/479 : Oðer hwa, se swa nule don, medi wið wicchen..forte drahen his luue towart hire.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)5/38 : Him þuhte þet ne mahte he nanes weis wið ute þe lechnunge of hire luue libben.
- ?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)69 : Ich habbe I-loued þe moni ȝer, Þau ich nabbe nout ben her Mi loue to schowe.
- ?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)179 : Ich haue I-loued hire moni dai, And of hire loue hoe seiz me nai.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1671 : Her loue miȝt no man tvin.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2652 : Tristremes loue was strong.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)537 : Wile him lasteþ þe liif, my loue i him grante.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3290 : She hir loue hym graunted atte laste.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.371 : Thow liknest eek wommanes loue to helle, To bareyne lond ther water may nat dwelle.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.1091 : Sith I stonde in youre loue and in youre grace, No fors of deeth ne whan my spirit pace.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1908 : A gode womman ys mannys blys, Þere here loue ryȝt and stedfast ys.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)427 : His loue is also swete, jwys, So notemuge oiþer lycorys.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.311 : I pose, a womman graunte me Hire love.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1046 : For that they wolde hir love deserve, They cleped hir lady.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1176 : Al my love and lyf lyth in his cure.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)341 : Though your love laste a seson, Wayte upon the conclusyon.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1882 : And for lesse hir to leue þen I hir luff boght, I think not.
- a1475 Have all (Brog 2.1)6 : For now I see, bothe nyȝt and day, That my lovfe wyll not sese.
- a1475 Honowre wit (Brog 2.1)13 : Sythin my lowfe ys on yow sete, That I may noþer drynke nor eytte.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)12 : In euery thyng he dede hyr loue to wynne, He hadde nomore to lese.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)65 : Thus may ye haue longe the company of Ygerne and haue grete counfort of youre love.
- a1500 Gracius and gay (DubNLI D.1435)18 : Sodenly tell, y pray, To [þe] my low ys lend.
f
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2010 : Gode ȝif þou hadde me hiȝt..sle tristrem..Ȝif loue of þe no ware.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)796 : Þe loue of loueli william lay hire so nere.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)936 : Weilawey, þat he ne wist what wo y drye..for is loue!
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.27 : Whan þe kyng siȝ þe womman, he gan to brenne in here love.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)719 : Þe loue of hur wynneþ his hert so Þat nerehand it wolde breke atwoo.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)226 : Þe lede lawid in hire lofe as leme dose of gledis.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)377 : The deuyll..made hym to brenne in the loue of a woman.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)71 : He was sore distreined with the loue of Ygerne that..he gan to wepe.
g
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4067 : And for luue of ðis horeplage, Manie for-leten godes lage.
- a1350 Ichot a burde in boure (Hrl 2253)79 : For hire loue y carke ant care.
- a1350 My deþ (Hrl 2253)34 : Shalt þou neuer for mi loue woundes þole grylle.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2719 : Tristrem, y þe for bede, For þe loue of me, No hunte þou..Biȝond þe arm of þe se.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.185 : A ȝongelynge..hadde obleged hym self to the devel for þe love of a wenche [Higd.(2): þe luffe of a mayde; L amorem puellæ].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3702 : For youre loue I swete ther I go.
- a1450 Dux Moraud (BodPoet f.2)132 : Þer for I prey þe, For loue of me, Slo yt with þin hond.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1802 : I wolde I hade here þe leuest þing for þy luf þat I in londe welde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.22 : For the loue of Wlcanus wyf..So helpe me now, only for hyr sake.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1508 : For hire love is that I fare amys.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1224 : And if a man were in distresse And, for hir love, in hevynesse.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)701 : She hire deth receyveth..For love of Antony.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1579 : She..deyede for his love of sorwes smerte.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)64 : The kynge for her love..sente Iuwelles to euery lady..so endured the kynge in grete mysese for love of Ygerne.
- c1500 I muste go (Hnt EL 1160)20 : Nothyng may do me good, but when of your bewty I do thynk, & all ffor lowe off on.
2b.
(a) Love personified, Cupid; loves daunce, being in love, a love affair; loves folk, lovers; loves servaunt, a lover; (b) a lover, sweetheart, mistress, wife; derne ~, a secret mistress; herte ~ [see herte 2a. (c)]; (c) fig. Christ as the bridegroom of a devout female Christian.
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 Ichot a burde in boure (Hrl 2253)55 : To Loue, þat leflich is in londe, y tolde him..hou þis hende haþ hent..on huerte þat myn wes.
- a1350 Ichot a burde in boure (Hrl 2253)63 : To Loue y putte pleyntes mo.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)885 : Louely loue þat time lent him an arewe hetterly þurth his hert.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1564 : And ouer al this, to sleen me outrely, Loue hath his firy dart so brennyngly Ystiked thurgh my trewe careful herte.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1923 : In the temple of Venus maystow se..The firy strokes..That loues seruantz in this lyf enduren.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.1975 : What eyleth this loue at me To bynde me so soore?
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.131 : Bot, fader, now ye sitten hier In loves stede, I yow beseche, That som ensample ye me teche.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1598 : For loue is blynd alday and may nat see.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2153 : For Loue haþ brouȝt hir in a sodeyn rage..þe furious god Cupide Hath swiche a fir kyndeled in her side.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.34 : Swich peyne and wo as Loves folk endure.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.48 : For so hope I my sowle best avaunce To prey for hem that Loves servauntz be.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.353 : For love bigan his fetheres so to lyme, That wel unnethe until his folk he fayned.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.522 : Right thus to Love he gan hym for to pleyne: He seyde, 'Lord, have routhe upon my peyne.'
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1106 : Tel us youre joly wo and youre penaunce, How ferforth be ye put in loves daunce?
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2018 : I bere of love the gonfanoun, Of curtesie the banere.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3732 : He Is Loves servaunt, as ye may see.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5093 : So are they caught in Loves las.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)159 : This writyng nys nothyng ment bi the, Ne by non, but he Loves servaunt be.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)102/8 : Weil it is sayd in play, 'luf gos before & ledis þe dawns'.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)765 : I have ever yit Be tributarye and yiven rente To Love.
- ?c1450(?c1390) ?Chaucer Merc.B.(Benson-Robinson)27 : Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat, I never thenk to ben in his prison lene; Sin I am free, I counte him not a bene.
- a1500(c1370) Chaucer Comp.L.(Benson-Robinson)36 : Thus am I slayn with Loves fyry dart.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)7352-3 : Love may save, love may spille, Love may do what þat he will.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.45 : Quhen I a lytill thrawe had maid my moon..So ferr ifallyng into lufis dance..My hert..Was changit.
b
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)43/746 : Kep wel mi luue newe [vr. Mi leue wiue].
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)592 : For þat loue þat ȝe loue..Seiȝth me al ȝour seknesse.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2260 : Yif me my loue, thow blisful lady deere.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2306 : Ne neuere wol I be no loue ne wyf.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.672 : Ful loude he soong, 'Com hider loue to me'.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1348 : 'My deere loue,' quod she, 'o my daun Iohn, Ful lief were me this conseil for to hyde.'
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4108 : How dorste ye seyn for shame vn to youre loue That any thyng myghte make yow aferd.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.188 : Sche hath hire loves deth compleigned.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.6886 : And with the clothes of hire love, Sche helede al hire bed aboute.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.1091 : I am youre owene loue and youre wyf.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2138 : Rys vp, my wyf, my loue, my lade free; The turtles voys is herd, my dowue swete.
- a1450 Dux Moraud (BodPoet f.2)77 : My deryn loue xalt þou be.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)416 : Olympyas stant tofore Neptanabus, Of her nywe loue wel desirous.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)4.49 : He rauisshed Rose, Reginoldes loue.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1786 : For alle þe lufez vpon lyue, layne not þe soþe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2108 : Þei chese hem lovis newe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.344 : How don this folk that seen hire loves wedded..And sen hem in hire spouses bed ybedded?
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.779 : She nas nat withoute a love in Troie.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7618 : Lovers gladly wole visiten The places there her loves habiten.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)103/7 : Whan þei [Amazons] wil haue ony companye of man, þan þei drawen hem towardes the londes marchynge next to hem, And þan þei [haue] here loues [Man.(2): lemmans; F amys] þat vsen hem.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)667 : Ye men..falsly sweren..That ye wol deye if that youre love be wroth.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.6840 : He was hir brother and hir loue also.
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)70 : A gentilwoman may be disseyved by the wyffe of hyr loue.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)31 : Whilom the thridde hevenes lord above, As wel by hevenysh revolucioun As by desert, hath wonne Venus, his love.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12745 : This Clunestra vnclene cast with hir loue..The bold king in his bed britton to dethe.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)362/19 : Þe same night sho rase vp as sho did afor and went vnto hur luff.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)57/1666 : Yow to whom y loue am and no moo.
- c1460 Ipom.(3) (Lngl 257)339/5 : If she shuld any man have, hire were levest the white knight, save him that was hire luf.
- (1462) Paston4.39 : He bydeth but a tyme..to gone ther with with a love of his sojornyng as yette in Hokehold.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)69/32 : And therewith she toke the swerde frome hir love that lay dede.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)359/36 : He is my fyrste love, and he shall be the laste.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)75b : A luffe: Amasio, Amasia, Amasiumculus, amaciuncula, amasiolus.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)47 : The xje day come Merlin to courte, like a boy that hadde ben a messager from Vters love, and seyde, 'My lady sente me to yow.'
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)184 : An other loue was in hys thoght.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)1058 : Now, my swet loue, I say you feithfully..In good hour ye be here borne.
c
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1520 : He is mi lif & mi luue.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2347 : Ich iseo Iesu Crist, þe cleopeð me & copneð; þe is mi lauerd & mi luue.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)4/25 : Ha ches him to luue & to lefmon.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)18/32 : Loke, lauerd, to me, mi lif, mi luue, mi leofmon.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)17/5 : Boldly clepe me Ihesus, þi loue, for I am þi loue & schal be þi loue wyth-owtyn ende.
2c.
(a) Animal love; time of ~, the mating season; ben in ~, to be aroused by the mating season, be in heat; (b) a dove's mate; (c) love among the Sodomites.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)573 : In boke is ðe turtres lif writen o rime, wu lagelike ge holdeð luue al hire lif time.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.529 : Myn herte to pitous and to nyce..Graunted hym loue vpon this condicioun.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)123a/a : Springinge tyme..excitiþ briddis and foules to chirtynge & to loue.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)146b/b : Whanne þe swan is in loue, sche secheþ the female and plesiþ hire wiþ byclippinge of þe necke.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)259a/b : Some bestes beþ full cruel and redy to rees and to fight, and nameliche in tyme of loue and of alle seruice of Venus.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)265b/a : Boores beþ scharpe and most feerse whanne þey beeþ in loue.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)293b/b : Among cattes in tyme of loue is hard fightynge for wyues.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)15 : Hertes..bene in hure hote loue a monythe al hole..whan they be in Rutte, whiche is to say hure loue, in a Forest where be fewe hyndes and many hertes or male dere, þan þei sleen, hurten, and fighten eche with other.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)37 : And whan þe fixen by assaut goth in hure loue and she secheþ the dogge fox, she cryeth wiþ an hos vois.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)599 : Thow [duck] farst by love as oules don by lyght.
b
- a1500 Thayr ys no myrth (SeldSup 52)20 : The doyff..ffro that She chesse ons hir Elleccion, A loue most plesinge..She will not stray..Anoder luffer for to taste.
c
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)843 : Ȝete uus out þose ȝong men..Þat we may lere hym of lof.
3.
(a) Theol. The Holy Ghost; soth (sothfast) ~; (b) God, Christ.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)18/30 : Heom bam is imæne æfre an soðe lufe, þæt is, ðe Halȝæ Gast, ðe gæð of heom bam.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)138/2,10 : Ðe an Fæder is æfre unbigunnon, & his ancennedæ Sunæ..& þe Haliȝ Gast is heoræ begræ lufæ æfer bitweonæn heom..þurh þene Halȝæ Gast, þe is heoræ beȝræ lufe & willæ.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2999 : Godess Gast iss kariteþ & soþfasst lufe nemmnedd.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)25/16 : Þe hali gast, he cumþ forþ of hem bam, al swa here beire luue.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1772 : Godd, heouenlich feader..Iesu Crist..& te hali gast, hare beire luue, þe lihteð of ham baðe & limeð togederes.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)17/3,9 : Þah is mihte iturnd to þe in hali writ, nomelich þu, deorwurðe feader, to þe wisdom, seli sune, to þe luue, hali gast..nis na god wone þer as þeose þreo beoð, mihte & wisdom & luue, iueiet to gederes.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)49 : And of hem two, ðat leue luuen, ðe welden al her and abuuen.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)13/30 : Þis article akseþ þet me leue þet þe holi gost is þe yefþe and þe loue of þe uader and of þe zone.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)329a/b : Þe loue by þe sone comeþ of þe fader and bendeþ and reboundeþ in to eiþer and is þe holy gost.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)10/18 : Ȝe ben þre Persones in o god, and as ȝe ben of miȝth, of wisdom, & of loue.
- c1450(?c1400) Wycl.Elucid.(StJ-C G.25)2 : As brighte schynyng of þe sonne is engendrid in þe sonne, so is þe sone engendred of þe fadir, & of boþe forsoþe þe hooly goost is cleped loue.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)40/17 : Swa swa Iohannes cwæð, God is þeo soþe lufe.
- (a1333) Herebert Þou wommon (Add 46919)23 : Vor loue þe chartre wrot; Þe enke orn of hys wounde.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.44 : With inne the cloistre blisful of thy sydis, Took mannes shap the eternal loue and pees.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)210/1 : I haue a loue, is heuen Kyng.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.70.48a : He is lufe and gudnesse, and for þi hit falliþ to Him for to schewen lufe and gudnesse to alle His creatures as He dide to Iudas.
4.
In cpds. & combs.: (a) ~ amour, sexual love; ~ arwe, Cupid's arrow; fig. arrow of spiritual love; ~ aue, awe inspired by love [cp. ~ drede]; ~ bedripe, a manorial service consisting of an extra day of reaping [orig. performed as a favor to the lord of the manor; cp. bedripe & love-dai]; ~ bende, a chain or bond of love; ~ bok, the 'Song of Songs', 'Song of Solomon'; ~ bond = ~ bende; also, swaddling band; ~ brother, ?illegitimate brother, ?beloved brother; ~ clippinge, loving embrace(s; ~ corde, a cord of love; ~ cos, a loving kiss; ~ crok, a love crook, a pruning hook wielded by love; (b) ~ daunce, a dance for lovers; ~ daunger, the power of love; ~ dede, an act of love or friendship; ~ drede, fear inspired by love; ~ drem, joy of love; ~ drinke, a love potion; also fig.; ~ druerie, courtship, flirtation, courtly love; also, a message of love [quot.: KAlex.]; ~ drunken, intoxication with love; ~ eie = ~ drede [quot.: Ancr.]; ~ eie, the eye of a lover [quot.: Destr.Troy]; ~ ere, a friendly ear; ~ flod, a flood of love; ~ fother, a carting service for the lord of the manor [orig. performed as a favor]; ~ frainer, a seeker after love; (c) ~ game, sexual intercourse; ~ ginne, ?a stratagem of love; ~ girdel, a girdle of chastity; also fig.; ~ glem, a ray of love; ~ gretinge, a lover's greeting; -- used fig.; herte ~ [see herte 2a. (c)]; ~ kissinge, affectionate kisses; ~ knotte, a kind of intertwined device; also fig.; ~ lai, a love poem; ~ las, the cord of love, love's tyranny; also, a girdle given for love [quot.: Gawain]; ~ laughinge, friendly laughter; ~ leik, amorous play, love-making; ~ lettre, a love letter; -- used fig. [see also treu ~]; ~ leve, love's permission; ~ likende, loving, spiritually desirous; ~ likinge, loving desire, spiritual yearning [?jocularly used for ~ longinge by Chaucer]; ~ line, a cord of love; ~ lokinge, loving looks, passionate glances; (d) ~ longinge, yearning for love, lovesickness; also, spiritual love or desire; also, the person loved [1st quot.]; also, as adj.: ~ longinge desir, intense desire or affection; (e) ~ lote, a loving look; ~ loue, the fire of love; ~ mad, driven mad by love; ~ makinge, causing intercourse, bringing love about; ~ morninge, mourning for a loved one; also, lovesickness [quot.: Amis]; ~ neb, beloved countenance; ~ paramoures, lovers; ~ pleie, pleasure of love; ~ rapt, carried away or entranced by love; ~ ron, ~ roune, a love song; ~ saue, ?a love song, ?a speech of love; ~ sheuinge, a showing or token of love; ~ sik, lovesick; ~ song, a love song; ~ sor, the pain of love; ~ sparke, a spark of love; ~ speche, amorous or lascivious talk; ~ sprenges, sprinklings of love; ~ talkinge, ?pleasing conversation, ?courtly love talk; ~ tecche, a lovable habit; also, a mark or sign of love; (f) ~ teres, tears of love; ~ thing, a pledge of love, betrothal; ~ thought, a thought of love; ~ tithinge, news of love affairs; ~ token, a sign of love; ~ trist, loving trust; ~ weddinge, conjugal love; ~ welle, spring or source of love; ~ werk, sexual intercourse; ~ wordes, words of love; ~ worth, ~ worthi (~ unworthi), worthy of love, lovable (unworthy of love); ~ wound, a wound inflicted by love, a heartthrob; ~ yerninge = ~ likinge.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)55/14 : Mi leofmon..seið to me i þet luue boc, 'Osculetur', [etc.].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)193/6 : Lo, hu spekeð þe leafdi iþet swete luue boc [Recl.: loue book].
- a1300 Edi beo þu (Corp-O 59)35 : Maide, dreiȝ & wel itaucht, ic em in þine louebende.
- a1350 Suete ihu king (Hrl 2253)24 : Suete Iesu..hou swete bueþ þi loue-bonde.
- c1390 Swete Ihesu now (Vrn)28 : Hou swete is þi loue-bonde.
- c1390 Swete Ihesu now (Vrn)55 : Wiþ loue-cordes [vr. luf-cordes] drauȝ þou me, Þat I may comen and wone wiþ þe.
- c1390 Swete Ihesu now (Vrn)182 : Of loue I seo tokenyng: Þin armes spradde to loue-cluppyng, Þin hed bouwede to swete cussyng.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)6/15 : Clepeþ him to lyue and to loue cosses, As Moder doþ hire deore sone.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)16/2 : More him delyted forte enbrace Mock..þen baþen in þe lykyng & in þe loue cluppyng, in the brennynge loue of þe holygost.
- (1399) Acc.R.Lane in Archaeol.58355 : [Sixty-seven extraordinary tasks of said yardlanders..each of whom finds a man at] Lovebedripe [to reap and tie corn one day..receiving one meal].
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)178/20 : He seiþ in þat loue book, 'Qve est ista que ascendit per desertum.'
- a1400 12 PTrib.(1) (Roy 17.B.17)50 : My fader is a til-mon; he shal shere a-way þo vnnayte loue..with þo loue-croke of þo deed þo whilk he holdes in his hondis.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416:Everett)50/5 : Tak to þe þe swete childe and swetliche swaþ hit in his gradil wiþ swete loue bondes.
- a1425(a1400) Ihesu þat hast (Wht)85 : With loue bondes bynde thow so me Þat I neuer depart from the.
- a1425(a1400) Ihesu þat hast (Wht)108 : Lat now loue his bowe bende And loue-arowes to my hert sende.
- c1440 HBk.GDei (Thrn:Horstmann)304 : For-thi lere of þe lufe-buke als goddes spouse þe techis.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13958 : Vlixes..With gronyng and greue gert hym to stynt, Bad þe lede schuld hym leue, as his lofe brothir.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)127 : Owghte she covthe of love amowre And held hur howse wyth..grette honoure.
- a1500 How GMan(1) (Cmb Ff.2.38)141 : With lone [read: loue] awe, sone, þy wyfe chastyse.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)220/2 : Mare of liðe wordes þen of suhinde, for þer of kimeð þinge best, þet is, luue eie.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)195 : And þat she covþe of curteysye Gon, and speken of luue-drurye.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1710 : Sche tok þat loue drink Þat in yrlond was bouȝt.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.149 : Lucrecius, þe poete, is i-bore, þat drank afterward love drynkes and worþe wood.
- c1390(?a1325) LChart.Chr.A (Vrn)642/62 : And þis [the Eucharist] I made for Monkynde, Mi loue-dedes to haue in mynde.
- c1390(?a1325) LChart.Chr.A (Vrn)644/91 : To schewen on alle my loue-dede, Mi-self I wole þis chartre rede.
- c1390(?a1325) LChart.Chr.A (Vrn)649/167 : A loue-drynke [vr. luf-drynk] I asked of þe; Eysel and galle þou ȝaf to me.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)97/67 : Ac for he..kneuh not þe fulþe of synne, þe more special loue-drinke Crist let vppon him synke.
- c1390 Swete Ihesu now (Vrn)20 : As þou weore boren In Bethleem, Þou make in me þi loue-dreem [vr. luf-drem].
- c1390 Swete Ihesu now (Vrn)327 : Mi soule haþ neode of þi good; Mak hit clene and þolemood, And ful hit of þi loue-flod.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.2085 : Of bataille and of chiualry And of ladyes loue drury, Anon I wol yow telle.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.307 : For lovedrunke is the meschief Above alle othre the most chief.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.333 : Jupiter..Hath in his celier..Tuo tonnes fulle of love drinke.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.754 : She yaf hym swich a maner loue drynke That he was deed er it were by the morwe.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)159/5 : Haue swich drede to hym as þe good wyf haþ to hir housbonde, þat is, a loue drede for loue þat sche haþ to hym.
- ?a1400 Cart.Ramsey in RS 79.1386 : Carriabit etiam ad diem proprium unam carrectatam bladi, quæ vocatur lovefoþer.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7604 : Bot by a speciale messager J wil hir sende loue-drurye, And her estres ek aspye.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)11 : I dewyne, fordolked of luf-daungere, Of þat pryuy perle wythouten spot.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.316 : Love-drede is in men wiþouten siche servile drede, and þis holy drede dwelliþ ever more in blisse wiþ seintis.
- c1440(?a1375) Abbey HG (Thrn)62/7 : Luke ylkone wysely þat he ne do no trispase agayne þe rewle..of þis relegion and of þase lufefrayners.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1235 : Ther saugh I..Pipers of the Duche tonge To lerne love-daunces, sprynges, Reyes, and these straunge thynges.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2650 : Let your lordship lystyn with a loue ere.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3128 : Sho beheld to þat hynd..Lokyng on lenght with a loue ee.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)241/30 : Wyth loue-dreed, drede þou to wretthe þi fadyr of heuen.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)12/15 : So shalle he be euyr obeyd and dred in loue-drede of alle his lieges.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget (Gar 145)24/28 : In the lofe of God..muste be..a love-drede that God goo not from hym.
c
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)204/27 : Þe soðe sunne..wes for þi istihen on heh o þe hehe rode forte spreaden ouer al hate luue gleames.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)186/29 : He ne mei don no þing bute þuruh luueleaue [Crop-C: luues leaue].
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2251 : Ac þo he seiȝe þat leuedi briȝt..He was nomen wiþ loue las.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2020 : Her loue laike þou bi hald.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1020 : William wold fonde for to pleie in þat place þe priue loue game.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.197 : He hadde of gold wroght a ful curious pyn; A loue knotte in the gretter ende ther was.
- c1390 Off alle floures (Vrn)5 : Þat is Marie, Moder fre..A loue-likyng is come to me To serue þat ladi.
- c1390 Off a trewe loue (Vrn)71 : Holde him wiþ loue-lyne, ffor oþer bond holdeþ him non.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)6/27 : Bote he þe heere cluppe..þorw holy meditacion, wiþ loue lykynde þouȝt and reuþe of his herte.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)40/14 : Whil I þe harde cluppe wiþ loue likynde þouȝt lastinde in herte, al siker am I schild a ȝeyn þat me werren.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)40/24 : Ȝif me þat lastyng of þi loue likyng.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.2040 : Do come..my mynstrales And gestours for to tellen tales..Of popes and of cardynales And eek of loue likynge [vr. loue longeinge].
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)100/4 : Semblaunce is anoþer whelp..loue lokyng opon man, oiþer man opon womman.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)183/24 : He..wrott wiþ his owen blood salutz to his lemman & loue gretynge forto wowen hir wiþ.
- a1400 Swete Ihesu now (Roy 17.B.17)186 : Þi hed doun bowed to luf-kyssynge.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1777 : With luf-laȝyng a lyt he layd hym bysyde Alle þe spechez of specialte þat sprange of her mouthe.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2438 : & þus, quen pryde schal me pryk for prowes of armes, Þe loke to þis luf-lace schal leþe my hert.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)10/21 : Suche a soule..may wel synge a mornyng song of louelikynge þat Cristes specyal syngeþ in þe Boke of Songes.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416:Everett)144/23 : And so put fro þe þine olde cloþes, and wiþ a whit, strong loue-gurdel of riȝtfulnesse gurde faste to þe a semles cote.
- c1400 PPl.C (Vsp B.16)18.127 : A loue-knotte [Hnt: Lyf and loue and leaute..And loue a knotte of leaute and of leel by-leyue].
- a1450(a1400) Medit.Pass.(2) (Add 11307)695 : Herte, write wiþ louelettre; Ther may be fonden non þi bettre.
- a1450 Serm.Pater N.(Cmb Dd.11.89)514 : Þanne is þe beste To laten þin herte in love rest and euere pleye in loue gynne, ȝif þou wilnest heuene to wynne.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)6 : And sum has langing of lufe lays to herken.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)810 : This lady yenge Makythe many a love-lokynge, But foly thoughte sche non, And yet she thought it dyd here good.
- a1500 Bevis (Cmb Ff.2.38)77/1469 : A loue gyrdull y wyll do make, And þat y wyll abowte my myddull take..Schall þer neuer man wyth me synne.
- a1500 Ihesu þi name (Chet 6690)30 : A loue-likyng is come to me.
d
- a1350 Ase y me rod (Hrl 2253)16 : He [the Virgin] is mi solas nyht ant day, my ioie ant eke my beste play, ant eke my louelongynge.
- a1350 Bytuene mersh (Hrl 2253)5 : Ich libbe in loue-longinge.
- a1350 When y se blosmes (Hrl 2253)3 : A suete loue-longynge myn herte þourhout stong.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1862 : Her com swiche louelonging, Hir hert brast neiȝe ato.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)539 : On loue-longing was al hir þouȝt.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)42/897 : Loue-longing me haþ be-couȝt.
- c1390 Swete Ihesu now (Vrn)59 : Bring me in to þat loue-longyng [vr. luf-longynge] To come to þe at myn endyng.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)66/6 : I wot sikerly þat neede hit [my heart] moste bersten wiþ strengþe of loue longyng to þe, my leoue lord.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3679 : To Alison now wol I tellen al My loue longyng.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24629 : Þar lai i in mi luue [Frf: loue; Phys-E: lof] langing, Ai to mi sun dere vprising.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)716 : She [Helen] þouȝt her hert wolde al to-spryng, She was so longed of loue longyng.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)132/13 : He haþ þan a gretter feruour of desire & gretter loue-longing to worche in þis werk, þan euer he had any before.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)215/27 : Verry sooþfastnesse dispiseþ neuere loue, ne longynge..ne traueilis þat in sich loue-longynge is offrid to me.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)332/8 : Thanne þat soule, for to obeye to þe eendelees fadir, bihelde in hym wiþ a loue-longynge desier.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Ihesu god sone (Cmb Dd.5.64)29 : I sytt and syng of lufe-langyng.
- a1450 Semenaunt is (Sln 2593)p.256 : It begylyt bothe knyght and kyng, And makit maydenys of loue-longyng.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)494 : Who hath love longing & is of corage Hote, He hath ful many a myry þouȝt to-fore his delyte.
e
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)109 : Nalde ha nane ronnes ne nane luue runes leornin ne lustnen.
- c1225 St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27:Hall)129 : Ne luuede heo nane lihte plohen ne nane luue ronnes [vr. sotte songes].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)48/13 : His ehe aa bihalt te, ȝef þu makest..eani luue lates toward unþeawes.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)106/27 : Wið luue speche, Cos, Vnhende grapunge, þet mei beon heaued sunne.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)2 : A Mayde cristes me bit yorne þat ich hire wurche a luue ron.
- ?a1300 St.Eust.(Dgb 86)111 : Toward Egipte hy gunnen fare..wiþ loue mourninge Of Crist.
- a1350 Iesu suete is (Hrl 2253)70 : Iesu, fyf woundes ich fynde in þe; þy loue sprenges tacheþ me; of blod & water þe stremes be, vs to whosshe from oure fon þre.
- a1350 Iesu suete is (Hrl 2253)155 : Tech me, iesu, þi loue song.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)482 : Þus þat miri maiden ȝing Lay in care & loue-morning [vr. loue longing].
- c1390 Swete Ihesu now (Vrn)184 : I seo..Þi syde al opene to loue-schewyng.
- c1390 Swete Ihesu now (Vrn)337 : Loue-sparkes send þou me; Mak myn herte al hot to be Brennynde in þe loue of þe.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)36/12 : Mekenesse and myldeschupe are swete loue tacches And makeþ ofte mony mon leof and dere.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)60/25 : I cusse and I cluppe and stunte oþerwhile, as mon þat is loue mad.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)60/26 : I cusse and I cluppe..as mon þat is..seek of loue sore.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)68/6 : Þer wol I cluppen & cussen And swete loue sawes ine wissen.
- c1390 To loue (Vrn)170 : Sore I seo þe buye Al my loue-plawe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2739 : I wolde with hire glade And of hire love songes make.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)148a/a : He [the cock] leiþ his side to hire side and bi certeyne tokenes and beckes, as it were loue tacchis, & woweþ and prayeþ hire to tredinge.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)38/33 : Ȝiue me þi louelates, ȝe, to me and to non oþer.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)39/2 : Ostende michi faciem tuam, Þat is to saie, schewe me þi loue nebb.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)40/19 : Schewe me þi loue nebb and þi leuesom leere.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)707 : Luf-lowe hem bytwene lasched so hote, Þat alle þe meschefez on mold moȝt hit not sleke.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)927 : I hope þat may hym here Schal lerne of luftalkyng.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)376/27 : I desyre..þat I mowe also be loue-rapte wiþ þat vertu, & þat I neuere mowe be departid, ne passe away fro þin obedience.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)4664 : And algates he was with-owten wyf, and thus jn love-morneng he ledde his lyf.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)9116 : Love-syke She was..Grete greef She felt all a-boute.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.8 : These ar luf peramourus that listus and likes.
- a1475 Lovely lordynges (Brog 2.1)p.2 : A blestfulle songe that byrd gone synge, And I abode for love talkynge.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)87 : Vlfyn is som-what a-quytte of the synne that he hadde in the love makinge.
f
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)169 : Þa wes Turnus sari..for he heo heuede swiþe ilofeð & luf-þing hire biheite.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)15/162 : Ne mahe ȝe..mi bileaue lutlin towart te liuiende godd, mi leofsume leofmon, þe luuewurðe lauerd.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)37/392 : Ure luuewrðe feader.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)47/504 : Þi luuewurðe [Roy: lufsume] leofmon.
- a1250 Wooing Lord (Tit D.18)269 : Inwið þe ane arn alle þe þinges igedered þat eauer muhen maken ani mon luuewurði to oðer.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)61/6 : Ower deorewurðe spus, þe luuewurðe lauerd, þe healent of heouene.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)199/24 : He..schawde þurh cnihtschipe þet he wes luue wurðe.
- a1250 Orison Lord (Lamb 487)187 : Hwine con ich þe woȝe..alre þinge leoflucest and luue wurðest.
- a1250 Orison Lord (Nero A.14)201 : Hwi ne con ich wowen þe wið swete luue wordes [Talking LGod: loue wordes].
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1035 : Vor ich mai do þar gode note An bringe hom loue tiþinge.
- ?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)374 : Leue dame, if eni clerc Bedeþ þe þat loue-werc, Ich rede þat þou grante his bone, And bicom his lefmon sone.
- a1350 Iesu suete is (Hrl 2253)32 : Þou ne askesd me non oþer þing bote..loue teres wiþ suete mournyng.
- a1350 Iesu suete is (Hrl 2253)62 : Iesu, þe quene þat by þe stod, of loue teres heo weop a flod.
- c1330 Horn Child (Auch)416 : Horn in þat ich stounde Ȝaf þe maiden loue wounde, So neiȝe hir hert it ȝede.
- c1390 Swete Ihesu now (Vrn)152 : Þou askest me non oþer þyng But trewe loue and herte longyng And loue-teres [vr. luf-teres] and stille mournyng.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)26/23 : In wiþ þe selue aren alle þinges gedered þat euer may maken eny mon loueworþ to oþer.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)32/20 : Þou..art loue welle and ȝeldest alle þat þe louen wellynde stremes.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)60/20 : Þe loue teres of myn neb rennen ful smerte.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)62/17 : So louelich lord as þou art..þat hast only in þi self alle maner þinge wherfore eny þing mai be loue worþi.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)140b/b : Males [male birds] seche femalis wiþ bisynesse and..beþ ioyned to ham onliche as it were by couenaunt and loue weddynge [L coniugalis amoris].
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)184/25 : Jesus crist..schewed þorouȝ kniȝtschipp þat he was loue worþi.
- 1386-1398(a1349) Rolle Com.LG (Rwl A.389)68 : Wasshe þi thoght clene with luf-teres.
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)149/4 : Þus schal oure Lorde..defende alle þoo þat for loue-trist þat þei fele in hym, wylen vtterly forsake þe kepyng of hem-self.
- a1425 HBk.GDei (Arun 507)144 : And gelusye..has waschen hire face with swete luf-teris.
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)4/113 : Wat bismere he tholed for þhe luue of þe þat was so luue-vnworthi!
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)9/351 : His face is luue-worthi, for þe sight onely of his face is þe filsening of alle ioy and blisse and likyng.
- c1440(?a1375) Abbey HG (Thrn)60/11 : Þus he dose..for to enflawme oure hertes with lufe-ȝernynges, For to wyn and to hafe þe lykynge of þat Ioye, alle at þe full in body and saule.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)5498 : Anoyntyd she hath my feet both two..And so many loue tokynnys shewyd to me.
- a1450 Of alle þe ioyus (Cmb Dd.11.89)3,23 : A swete lofe thowt is praised of me..Myhte man neuer wyselokur begynne Than swete loue thowtes i-sette in the trinite.
- c1450(?c1400) Wycl.Elucid.(StJ-C G.25)35 : Þer may no grace be denyed to þe asker þere so manye loue tokenes ben schewid for hym.
5.
(a) In surnames [including several which can be derived from loven v. (1)]; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.27].
Associated quotations
a
- (1177) in Pipe R.Soc.26183 : Gillebertus Luue.
- (1190) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.135 : Robertus Luffechild.
- (1195) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.6130 : Galfridus de Luuewurði.
- (1204) CRR(2) 3198 : Normannus Luve.
- (1227) Chart.in Capes Hereford Cath.63 : Reginaldus Lovelok.
- (1232) Assize R.Lin.in Lin.RS 22533 : Alanus nepos Louesune.
- (1256) Assize R.Nhb.in Sur.Soc.8840 : Ranulpho Grindelove.
- (1263) Close R.Hen.III260 : Alexander Lovegod.
- (1276) Close R.Edw.I290 : Richard Luffecunte.
- (1279) Hundred R.Tower 2470 : Johannes Lovechild.
- (1284) Close R.Edw.I289 : Alan Wynnelove.
- (1285) Feudal Aids 225 : Henricus Lovehater.
- (1296-7) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.66104 : Et de 3 d. de Emma Loue.
- (1297) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 16124 : Simon Loustepsone.
- (1303-4) Acc.Chester in LCRS 5956 : Nicholas Lovekin.
- (1310) Pat.R.Edw.II309 : John Lovelok.
- (1318) Pat.R.Edw.II183 : Thomas Louecok.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 390 : Joahnnes Lovecok.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3250 : Willelmus Lovybonde.
- (1327) Sub.R.Stf.in WSAS 7202 : Letitia Loveswete.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10112 : Henr' Louechild.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10176 : Thoma Louelot.
- (1329) Court R.Colchester 192 : Richard Lovekyn.
- (1342) Close R.Edw.III611 : Geoffrey Lovehunt.
- (1358-9) Acc.Chester in LCRS 59254 : Robert Lovelete.
- (1428) Feudal Aids 5164 : Henricus Love.
b
- (1155) in Kökeritz PNWight47 : Louecumba.
- (1181) Domesday Bk.St.Paul in Camd.69141 : Hec est inquisicio de Luvehale.
- (a1189) in Kökeritz PNWight47 : Lunecumbe.
- (1222) Domesday Bk.St.Paul in Camd.6919 : Hoc est manerium de luffenhale.
- (1258) in Kökeritz PNWight47 : Luvecumbe.
- (1276) EPNSoc.28 (Der.)341 : Viam apud Lovedich.
- (1301) EPNSoc.11 (Sur.)83 : Luvelane.
- (1330) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)162 : Lovelake.
- (1380) EPNSoc.28 (Der.)341 : Loveditche.
- (1402) EPNSoc.11 (Sur.)337 : Lovestedesdoune.
- (1408) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)96 : La Lovelonde.
- (1429-30) Rec.St.Mary at Hill72 : Also payd for a mason heweng þe stop in love lane..viij s.
- (1434) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)466 : Love Lane.
- (1464) in Kökeritz PNWight47 : Lovecombe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 ?Scrope Ribot First Monks (Lamb 192)25/30 : Whedyrnotȝ of the love [L a zelo] the whiche was in hym to God?
Note: Ed.: "love here translates 'zelus'."
Note: Cf. DMLBS zelus 'jealousy' also, 'ardent fervour, zeal'.
Note: ?New sense.