Middle English Dictionary Entry
lǒvelē̆s adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | lǒvelē̆s adj. |
| Etymology | From lǒve n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Without love, not loving; (b) unloved; also, without a lover; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 Len puet (Auch)44 : For wel is wo, þe lond is reuþeles; For frend is fo, þe lond is loueles.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.2961 : Envie, which is loveles, And Pride, which is laweles..made him erre.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)5.98 : And whoso haþ more þanne I, þat angriþ myn herte; Þus I lyue loueles [vr. lofles; B: louelees] as a lyþer dogge.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2505 : For in good feith, yit hadde I levere..To ben for evere til I deie As povere as Job, and loveles.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2596 : Polixena..made sorwe ynowh, As sche which deide gulteles For love and yit was loveles.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)8701 : 'Yes, I am loveles,' quod Imayne, 'Be oughte, that I can see!'
c
- (1237) Close R.Hen.III526 : Johannes Luveles.
- (1252-3) Doc.in Bateson Rec.B.Leic.145 : De Joh. Loueles, iii s.
- (1256) Assize R.Nhb.in Sur.Soc.88123 : Robertus Loveles.
- (1327) Sub.R.Stf.in WSAS 7221 : Willelmus Loveles.