Participles
| Present | lufiende |
| Past | (ġe)lufod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | lufiġe |
| 2nd sing. | lufast |
| 3rd sing. | lufaþ |
| 1st plur. | lufiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | lufiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | lufiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | lufode |
| 2nd sing. | lufodest |
| 3rd sing. | lufode |
| 1st plur. | lufodon |
| 2nd plur. | lufodon |
| 3rd plur. | lufodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | lufiġe |
| 2nd sing. | lufiġe |
| 3rd sing. | lufiġe |
| 1st plur. | lufiġen |
| 2nd plur. | lufiġen |
| 3rd plur. | lufiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | lufode |
| 2nd sing. | lufode |
| 3rd sing. | lufode |
| 1st plur. | lufoden |
| 2nd plur. | lufoden |
| 3rd plur. | lufoden |
Imperative
| Singular | lufa |
| Plural | lufiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'lufian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lufian'
lafian,
lifian,
lofian,
lutian,
þufian,
bifian,
clifian,
dufan,
fulian,
gelufian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *lubōn, derived from the noun *lubu (“love”). Equivalent to lufu + -ian. Cognate with Old Frisian luvia, Old High German lubōn. See: Old Frisian 'luvia'.
Verbs referencing "lufian"
English
love, Middle English
loven.
Sample Sentences
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Ġif þū wille bēon ġelufod, lufa. (If you want to be loved, love.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Second Sunday After Easter"
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Sē Hǣlend cwæþ be him, "Iċ eom gōd hierde, and iċ oncnāwe mīn sċēap, and hīe oncnāwaþ mē." Þæt is, "Iċ lufiġe hīe, and hīe lufiaþ mē." (Jesus said about himself, "I'm a good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and they know me." That is, "I love them, and they love me.")
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:5 (When you pray, don't be like hypocrites. They love to pray standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people will see them.)
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 21:17 (Peter felt hurt because he asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" And he told him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.")
Cognates
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