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Old English · noun

lufu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈlu.fu/
[ˈlu.vu]
Syllables
ˈlu · fu (2 syllables)
Modern English
love

Meaning

  1. love

    Sēo sōðe lufu nǣfre ne ātēoraþ.

    True love never fails.

Declension

Declension of lufu
SingularPlural
Nominative lufulufelufalufelufan
Accusative lufelufanlufalufelufan
Genitive lufelufanlufalufena
Dative lufelufanlufum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic *lubō. Cognate with Old Frisian luve, Old High German luba, Gothic * (*lubō).

Descendants

love

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