Old English · noun
lufestice
Normalised lufestiċe
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈlu.feˌsti.t͡ʃe/[ˈlu.veˌsti.t͡ʃe]
- Syllables
- ˈlu · fe · ˌsti · t͡ʃe (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- lovage
Meaning
-
lovage
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lufestiċe | lufestiċas |
| Accusative | lufestiċe | lufestiċas |
| Genitive | lufestiċes | lufestiċa |
| Dative | lufestiċe | lufestiċum |
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *lubistikō, *lubistik, from Latin levisticum (“lovage”), with folk-etymological alteration after lufu (“love”) and stiċe (“stitch”): literally “love-stitch”.
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