luve
Middle English
Noun
luve
- Alternative form of love (“love”)
Verb
luve
- Alternative form of loven (“to love”)
Verb
luve
- Alternative form of loven (“to love”)
Noun
luve
- inflection of luf:
- weak singular
- strong/weak plural
Verb
luve
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of loven (“to praise”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
luve f or m (definite singular luva or luven, indefinite plural luver, definite plural luvene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by lue
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
luve f (definite singular luva, indefinite plural luver, definite plural luvene)
- alternative spelling of lue
Scots
Alternative forms
- lue
Etymology
Inherited from Northern Middle English lufe (compare Southern love).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʌv], [løːv], [lev], [liv], [lɪv]
Noun
luve (uncountable)
- love
- 1794, Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose:
- And fare thee weel, my only Luve
- And fare you well, my only Love
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- luesome (“loveable, pleasant, righteous, just”)
- luveanenty (“dear me!, good gracious!, Lord defend thee!”)
- luve-bairn (“illegitimate child”)
- luve blink (“loving look”)
- luvie (“sweetheart, lover”)
Verb
luve (third-person singular simple present luves, present participle luvin, simple past luved, past participle luved)
- to love
- Wha dis Saurah luve?
- Whom does Sarah love?
- 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, OCLC 137334916, John 3:16:
- For God sae luved the warld at he gíed his ae an ane Son, at ilkane at belíeves in him mayna perish but hae eternal life.
- Because God loved the world so much, he gave his own begotten son, so anyone that believes in him won't perish, but has eternal life.
Derived terms
- luver (“lover”)