luve

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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luve

  1. Alternative form of love (love)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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luve

  1. Alternative form of loven (to love)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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luve

  1. Alternative form of loven (to love)

Etymology 4

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Noun

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luve

  1. inflection of luf:
    1. weak singular
    2. strong/weak plural

Etymology 5

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Verb

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luve

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of loven (to praise)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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luve f or m (definite singular luva or luven, indefinite plural luver, definite plural luvene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by lue

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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luve f (definite singular luva, indefinite plural luver, definite plural luvene)

  1. alternative spelling of lue

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Northern Middle English lufe (compare Southern love).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [lʌv], [løːv], [lev], [liv], [lɪv]

Noun

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luve (uncountable)

  1. 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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Verb

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luve (third-person singular simple present luves, present participle luvin, simple past luved, past participle luved)

  1. 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, 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.

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