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What is love in Old English?

The verb is from Middle English loven, luvien, from Old English lufian (“to love”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubōn (“to love”), derived from the noun.

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See also: Love, lové, lóve, løve, lóvé , and лове

English [ edit ]

love English Wikipedia has an article on: Wikipedia

Alternative forms [ edit ]

loue obsolete typography)

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From Middle English love, luve, from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic *lubō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love, care, desire”). The close-of-a-letter sense is presumably a truncation of With love or the like. The verb is from Middle English loven, luvien, from Old English lufian (“to love”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubōn (“to love”), derived from the noun.

Eclipsed non-native English amour (“love”), borrowed from French amour (“love”).

Cognates include Russian любовь (ljubovʹ), Polish lubić and Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “desire, greed”).

Noun [ edit ]

love (countable and uncountable, plural loves)

Translations [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)

Conjugation [ edit ]

Synonyms [ edit ]

Antonyms [ edit ]

Derived terms [ edit ]

Terms derived from the noun or verb love

Related terms [ edit ]

Translations [ edit ]

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Etymology 2 [ edit ]

Now widely believed (due to historical written record) to be from the idea that when one does a thing “for love”, that is for no monetary gain, the word “love” implying "nothing". The former assumption that it had originated from French l’œuf (literally “the egg”), due to its shape, has largely been discredited and is no longer widely accepted. Needless to say, the apparent similarity of the shape of an egg to a zero has inspired similar analogies, such as the use of duck (reputed to be short for duck's egg) for a zero score at cricket, and goose egg for "zero".

Noun [ edit ]

love (uncountable)

( , billiards racquet sports ) Zero, no score. So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova. 2013, Paul McNamee, Game Changer: My Tennis Life The next day Agassi came back from two sets to love down to beat Courier in five sets. Nothing; no recompense. 1916, H. Rider Haggard, The Ivory Child I fought the white man for less than sixpence. I fought him for love, which is nothing at all.

Translations [ edit ]

Etymology 3 [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)

lofe ( “ to praise, sell ” ) Alternative form of

References [ edit ]

love at OneLook Dictionary Search

love in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary , edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. , edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. love in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

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Anagrams [ edit ]

Czech [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

Borrowed from Romani love.

Noun [ edit ]

love f pl

Declension [ edit ]

Declension of love plurale tantum nominative love genitive love dative love accusative love vocative love locative love instrumental love

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun [ edit ]

love m

Further reading [ edit ]

love in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Danish [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From Middle Low German lōve, from Proto-Germanic *galaubô, cognate with German Glaube.

Noun [ edit ]

love c

References [ edit ]

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

From Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *(ga)lubōną, cognate with Swedish lova (“to promise; to praise”), German loben (“to praise”), geloben (“to vow”), Dutch loven (“to praise”).

Verb [ edit ]

love (past tense lovede, past participle lovet)

to promise ( solemn ) to praise

Inflection [ edit ]

Inflection of love present past simple lover lovede perfect har havde passive loves lovedes participle lovende lovet imperative lov — infinitive love — auxiliary verb have — gerund loven —

References [ edit ]

Etymology 3 [ edit ]

See See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun [ edit ]

love c

Dutch [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Audio

Verb [ edit ]

love

Anagrams [ edit ]

French [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Audio

Verb [ edit ]

love

Anagrams [ edit ]

Friulian [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Latin lupa, feminine of lupus. Compare Venetian lova, French louve.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun [ edit ]

love f (plural lovis)

Related terms [ edit ]

Hunsrik [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

love

to praise

Further reading [ edit ]

Inari Sami [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Proto-Samic *lokē

Numeral [ edit ]

love

Inflection [ edit ]

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading [ edit ]

love in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje ‎[2], Tromsø: UiT Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages ‎[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Middle Dutch [ edit ]

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Noun [ edit ]

lōve

Middle English [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

Inherited from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic *lubō.

Alternative forms [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

love (plural loves)

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Descendants [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

Inherited from Old English lāfe, oblique singular of lāf, from Proto-West Germanic *laibu, from Proto-Germanic *laibō; compare leven (“to halt”), which some forms are influenced by.

Alternative forms [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : /ˈlɔːv(ə)/

: ( Northern ) IPA(key): /laːf/ , /ˈlaːv(ə)/

Noun [ edit ]

love (uncountable)

Descendants [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

Etymology 3 [ edit ]

Borrowed from Old Norse lófi, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô; compare glove.

Alternative forms [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

love (plural loves)

( chiefly Northern ) The palm ( inner part of the hand )

Descendants [ edit ]

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Etymology 4 [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

love

loven ( “ to love ” ) Alternative form of

Etymology 5 [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

love

loven ( “ to praise ” ) Alternative form of

Norwegian Bokmål [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Old Norse lofa.

Verb [ edit ]

love (imperative lov, present tense lover, simple past and past participle lova or lovet, present participle lovende)

to praise

Verb [ edit ]

love (imperative lov, present tense lover, simple past lova or lovet or lovte or lovde, past participle lova or lovet or lovt or lovd, present participle lovende)

to promise (as an adjective) det lovede land - the Promised Land

Related terms [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

“love” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

love (present tense lovar or lover, past tense lova or lovde, past participle lova or lovt or lovd, present participle lovande, imperative lov)

lova Alternative form of

Noun [ edit ]

love m (definite singular loven, indefinite plural lovar, definite plural lovane)

lóve Alternative form of

Anagrams [ edit ]

Romani [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

love

Descendants [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

love (Cyrillic spelling лове)

Verb [ edit ]

love (Cyrillic spelling лове)

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