Middle English Dictionary Entry
lǒveful adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | lǒveful adj. |
| Etymology | From lǒve n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Full of love, loving; (b) lovable.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)32/20 : Þenne þudde ich in ham luuefule þohtes.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)115/3 : He bihalt an oþer þet he ne mei nanesweis makien luðere iþoncket, se luueful [Nero: lufful] & se reowðful is heorte hire.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)130/8 : Al þis is iseid, mine leoue sustren, þet ower leoue nebbes beon eauer iwent somet wið luueful [Nero: ueir] semblant & wið swote chere.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.15.13 : Þe lord hateþ al cursing of errour, & it shal not ben looueful [WB(2): amyable; L amabile] to men dredinge hym.