lofsom

lofsom

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lossom, lossum, lovesome

Etymology

From Old English lufsum

Adjective

lofsom

1. beautiful, lovely
   • c. 1300, Anonymous, "Alison" (as printed in Oxford Book of English Verse, 1900):

     With lossum chere he on me loh

2. friendly

References

• “lofsom” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.